Alas, They Look So Young!

"Why is it that everyone seems younger to me these days?", I muse. 'Tis enough to give a feller a serious bout of the blues! Wasn't that long ago that everyone looked so old to me. My! How times have changed! I wonder how that can be? When I was a young lad struggling to get through school, Schoolmarms looked so old and dour (as a general rule). Nowadays, they seem so young, chic and so engaging! (Alas, could this be because it is me who's aging?) The other day I saw my doctor for my annual screen. To my alarm he looked to be about the age of seventeen! His credentials I viewed, so I guess he knew what he was doing. (Is my jaundiced view due to all these years I'm accruing?) I recall white-maned preachers I knew as a wayward youth. My preacher is so young he should be in Sunday School, forsooth! But I admit that he stirs my lethargic soul with masterful skill. (Lord! Forgive my acerbic views - is it because I'm over the hill?) Even the admirals, generals and presidents look so young today. I reckon there ain't no use in fretting about it anyway. 'Tis some consolation that they'll all lose their youth so dear. (Oh! How I yearn for the carefree, feckless days of yesteryear!) Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired (© All Rights Reserved)