The body doesn't recover like it does when you're younger.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
As you get older, your body doesn't hold up as much.
Fortunately, I'm very healthy, and my body is still intact. It hasn't aged very much, I feel like a very young 56. I exercise regularly, and when I do, I always learn new things about my body.
When you get to a certain age, there is no coming back.
I know how my body operates differently from what it did when it was 30 and when it was 20. As unhealthy as I am, I'm weirdly aware of exactly how my body functions.
The older we get, the more we desire to reclaim our body at 25; we'll take our face at 35, the elasticity of our mind at its most powerful, to return ourselves somehow to our most vital moment of rigor and protean creation.
The body is forever teaching us lessons. There are all sorts of things that we can't do, shouldn't do, had better not do very often or do for too long as we get older. The body makes its presence known.
I think there are two aspects to ageing: there's the physical side and what's happening inside.
Ageing is, simply and clearly, the accumulation of damage in the body. That's all that ageing is.
Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.
It's amazing what happens to your body as you get a little older.