A Quick Checkup on Leading Down

An elderly man sat nervously on the bench in his doctor’s waiting room. A younger fellow came in and took a seat next to him, and couldn’t help but notice the older man’s poor posture. When the nurse called the old man back, the younger man noticed he stooped over, his legs shook, and he seemed on the verge of falling over.“Man,” the young fellow mused, “that old man is in rough shape.”A few minutes later, the door to the doctor’s office opened up and the old man emerged. Only now he was stan...