To the hoop

I finished the book, “To the hoop” by Ira Berkow last night. He talks about the hoop, the moves, the drives, the dunk, playing basketball with a brace on his knee, but in reality he talks lot more than just the hoop. He talks about his youthful crush on a pretty girl who did not care much for him, life, death, aging, and reconnecting with his ailing brother who died of cancer. He talks of his Roosevelt University coach, Ed Turner not being allowed on the Golf Course to follow his team because he was black. He gets a lesson on human machine and aging from Dr. Tuchman. Dr. Tuchman, an Auschwitz survivor who yearned for skiing while at the concentration camp, climbs mountains and skis at 75.

We are never too old to do the things we want to do. However, the machine may not perform like a brand new car no matter how well you maintain. We must live the life we want to live taking care of this amazing machine and knowing that the time to live is now, not tomorrow.