If that someone is interested, I would choose to remain forty years of age for a decade or so. At forty, one is mature; is experienced in both love and loss, success and failure; is probably not yet in need of eyeglasses; can still awaken in the morning and move through the day without joint pain and muscle aches; and has a memory that is still intact. At forty, one is not old; one has just reached the beginning of middle age and is on the cusp of becoming distinguished.
