I had a most interesting day at the gym.  I missed my usual early morning workout and decided to compensate by going in the evening.  I happened to reach the gym just before the aerobics class was to start, and was therefore assisted by a female trainer.  And she made my day!  The stepper (I think that's what it is called) is an exercise machine I find really tiring; what makes it even more annoying is the fact that I need to tell the trainer my age and weight everyday; these parameters are entered into the console, which then determines the preset workout program.  However, today was a day when I did not regret telling my age.  And so, almost mechanically I went about telling her my age and weight as I started to get on to the machine.  And imagine my surprise when she just gaped at me, not believing for a second, that I could actually be forty years old! :-)  What more do you need, to make your day!!!

 

Truth to speak, I might have to thank L'Oreal for this!!! Charles Revson, founder of Revlon is believed to have said "What we make is chemicals (cosmetics)...what we sell is hope"!!!  He certainly has given me hope that I could actually look a lot less than my actual age!!! Having had a haircut only a few days ago, my hair which in its unadulterated mode is salt-and-pepper (more salt than pepper) is looking naturally black.  A clean-shaven face and a medium-sized frame helps too!  Perhaps, considering that I am now leading a life of a part-time student, it is not such a bad idea to retain that youthful look, more importantly be that youthful person!!! :-) 

 

Forties is a period of mid-life crisis did they say...it certainly is!  A crisis of whether to start ageing gracefully, or continue to live life on the wrong (or should that be the right side) of forty!  Like the Toyota Innova advt, I should ask myself each morning "So who are you going to be today"!!!

 

Ah! So, why was I reminded of that quote?...well, I'm just considering changing my gym timing!!!