THE ILLUSION OF TIME

Contrary to the Rolling Stones, time is NOT on your side. Digging through some of my audio archives this morning, I came across one of my favorite clips from back in 2001, when vaunted sports writer Dick Schaap was my guest on the radio talking about a new book, and we surprised him with a call from an old friend, Jerry Kramer. Dick passed away six months after our conversation, but Kramer is still kicking it at 90. The average life span is 78, which translates to 28,470 days to be alive-if you get that far. Dick passed away at the age of 67, which is the same age I am now-or 24,455 days for his lifespan. Some get more, many get a lot less, and maybe it's not adding years to your life, but rather life to your years that matters most.