Limits

When I was ten years old I wanted to be an astronaut because I saw no limits.

When I was sixteen I wanted to be a rock star because I wanted to break the limits.

When I was 23 I joined an advertising firm because the limits dictated it.

When I was 31 I married and started a family because I was used to the limits.

When I was 45 I joined a country club and began living my life according to the limits.

When I was 60 I retired and shook my head at the youth, who reveled in their own disobedience, their stretching of the limits. They do not yet know, I thought.

When I was 73 I wanted to be an astronaut again because I no longer cared about the limits.