Inner Image

 

When I was growing up my parents, aunts and uncles, told me how although they were older they still felt the same inside.

And they were right.  However my external appearance may have changed inside the feeling of being me stayed essentially constant.  

In these later years I have many times been a bit surprised out in the world seeing myself in a mirror or reflected in a surface.  As though I had to remind myself that I actually am an old man.

I have felt myself failing somewhat in the past year, not able to do physically what I have always done, not as quick, not as energetic, occasionally having trouble remembering names or words.

Along with that I have noticed recently that my inner image has changed too.  Internally I think of myself as an old man.  My refection no longer surprises me.