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Add to FavoritesIn general, this depends upon the person. Many people, as they get older don't play sports anymore and once they leave school, they don't watch their high school or college teams anymore, but those who really love sports will continue to watch the sports and enjoy the sports.
Most of us probably know someone who's older and isn't willing to admit that he or she is too old to be playing a sport anymore. Everyone knows the sort. It's the grandpa or older father who plays football with his grandson or son. The game turns pretty competitive and violent. Then what happens? Yep, grandpa or dad ends up at the hospital getting a broken leg fixed. This guy loves sports just as much as he did when he was thirty years younger, and he's not willing to admit that he's not in the same shape he was in thirty years ago. He's also the sort who's right back there playing football with son or grandson as soon as the leg heals.
Even when someone has graduated from college, there are those who are completely devoted to "their team." They stay around the town even though the jobs there aren't exactly prevalent or at least only move to a nearby community. They just want to be around to see all "their team's" games. These are the same men who donate thousands of dollars to the school athletics program just so they can get good seat reserved for them for football games. They are the sort of guys who have trouble walking into the football stadium as they really should be using a walker. These guys, though, are the ones who make it to every game no matter what. They're the ones getting most angry as the referees make what they feel is a bad call. They are the ones there when some of the so-called dedicated fans miss the game because it's hailing outside. Do these guys love sports as much as they did when they were twenty? If anything, they love sports even more.
Then there's the guy who loved sports when he was a teenager and throughout college but go busy with other things and this love dwindled. As he gets to retirement age, this enjoyment of sports comes back, because he has more time to watch them. He's not the guy who when to every game his college team played. He's not the guy who stayed around his college town so he wouldn't miss a game. He is, thought, the guy who now plans his days around if his favorite teams have a game that day or not. He knows exactly when his team is going to play, and although he doesn't go to the game personally, he watches it live on his television. He may even decide to upgrade his cable just so he can get ESPN or another network that plays his team's games. Does he enjoy sports less now that he's sixty-five instead of twenty-five? No, he enjoys it just as much, maybe even more. Sure, his interest may have dwindled for a few years (or maybe it didn't), but it wasn't so much about age as circumstances, and it's been a circle of enjoyment, returning to where it began.
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Whoa! I ran track and jogged how I would love to be able to run again. Feel the wind blowing though my hair. I rode a bike to the store or to the park. It would be great to go bowling. I always bowled on a league. It was good exercise and I made a lot of great friends.It makes me cringe just to think of throwing a bowling ball that weights 9lbs. Hey, I even used to ride a skateboard. I fell down a lot of times but it was always good for a laugh.
I alas am getting old. At 57 my body no longer can keep up with my young mind. For I am still young at heart. I can always sit and watch sports on television. Or stand by at the park and marvel at other people that are younger and healthier.
I had a heart attack two years ago so about all I can do now is go for walks in the mall. I hurt from my head all the way down to my toes. My bones are always popping and creaking. Sometimes it's a chore just to get out of bed. My life is full of aches and pains.
I always take my medications. I eat good nutritious food when I have an appetite that is. Even with doing all that it is still a hard thing to take the daily tasks let alone get the exercise I really need.
When I had the heart attack the doctors all said I would be fine. But I sure wish I could go back in time and maybe do something different. The question is what could that be? In my heart and mind I though I did it all right. I lost weight,went back to school, had a job,fell in love. I had it all. Now I can barely walk but I am still alive.
I can't get a job because no one will hire me. I didn't graduate from college. I still have a lot of knowledge to use. Thank goodness I still have love. Love has always lot to me.I have been in love as far back as I can remember. It inspires me to do things I otherwise wouldn't do. My writing helps me too. It relieves my stress.It keeps me thinking. I shall continue my in my writing career and prosper from it.
I leave you with this all and I don't care as much about sports as I used to. I don't have to have sports in my life. I have lots of other things to occupy me. I look forward to watching the sports channel and education shows. I love to ride the bus. So I will and can go on without actually playing sports.
Please don't take your health for granted. Do all you can to stay as fit as possible. Walk when you can ride. Start an excise program. Try to eat healthy foods as much as possible.You have a long rewarding life ahead of you.
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