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Me and Miyagi

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 Are you an old soul? Image Courtesy of pixy.org A lot of people will argue that forty isn’t over-the-hill. But, it will always be over the hill to me. Give me black balloons and a whoopee cushion on my big four zero day! Sadly, that day has passed and I didn’t get my party. I can see the debate. No one wants to admit that they are old. Or do they? Hell, I’ve wanted to be ninety since the day I saw Mr Miyagi teach Daniel San Karate. Then, I watched another old man teach some kids to be happy through Ninja training, in the movie Three Ninjas. Yep. I’ve waited a long time to be old. Now, I may never get to be it. Well, that remains to be seen. No one can really tell the future. One thing I do know, however, is that I walked along the boardwalk on lunch break and was thinking about just how I might perfect my handstand before I die when all of a sudden it hit me. The definition of my own self-worth. So, we’re worthless. Middle-aged. Used-up. Finally settling into the cut. Li...