Quote Originally Posted by Lise
You guys.

You've got all my respect for the struggle your body gives you. Glad you're both (all) biking.

L.
This brings to mind a J. Golden Kimball story. One of my mom's old professors at Sonoma State College did a lecture on J. Golden Kimball stories in a Folklore course, and an old family friend of ours taped that lecture and made an lp of it. It's a kick. Now I'm not a mormon, or a believer in any other kind of organized religion, but there is one J. Golden Kimball story I find rather inspiring:

Now, imagine a taaaaaall skinny (!) and (for his time) old man (for a visual aid see http://personal.atl.bellsouth.net/w/o/wol3/kimbajg1.htm.) Imagine also a high squeeky voice to match the body. J. Golden was a much loved elder of the LDS church, in spite of drinking coffee, tea, and sometimes stronger drinks and having a hang towards swearing. So there are lots of stories about the man. In one, somebody asks him how he got to be so old and whether he had any lessons in healthy living other folks could learn from. His response (purportedly):

"The secret of a loooong liiiife ... is to get yourself an incurable disease ... and take care of it."