ESSAY: I was just 15, but this short, wistful tune about getting old etched itself into my musical memory bank, writes Glenn Rifkin. Getting old, at that point, was some mystical end point that I could hardly imagine.
In the song, Paul Simon created “a watercolor image of a pair of old men sitting on a park bench like bookends,” writes Glenn Rifkin.
Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel, from the "Old Friends Tour 2003," at Madison Square Garden. I realized as I left the gym, sore and sweaty and tired, that nothing much had changed from the week before. A full slate of exercise, from basketball to pickleball to power walks with the dog, have long been a part of my regular routine. Flipping a calendar page from one day to the next was not going to disrupt that. Not if I could help it.As a card-carrying baby boomer, I am fully aware that my entire cohort has either already hit their 70s or are fast approaching.
I am letting go of so many anxieties that burdened my life: money worries, career goals unmet, roads never taken. I acknowledge how lucky I am to have my health, my family’s health, a sense of financial security, deep friendships that endure, a life partner whom I cherish. How can I possibly complain about anything?
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