When people say that growing old is all in the mind, they’re lying. On the contrary, it is the mind that finds it difficult to accept the concept of aging. I unfortunately learned that particular lesson the hard way.

You see, the other day, I was doing some heavy hauling at home. Because my husband was out on a meeting, I didn’t have anyone to help me move things in the house. When I decided to clean the space behind the cabinets, I tried to push the whole cabinet to the side using my whole weight. Unfortunately when it finally budged, it tipped over and fell, breaking a vase and a few other things. Amazingly though, the whole thing was still intact. The hinges and the doors were fine.

I tried to clean everything up – shards, and all. When I finished, I was left with the problem of how to put the cabinet right side up again. Unfortunately, I didn’t want to take out everything inside because that would mean a whole lot of additional work, so I tried to lift the whole thing. I wish I hadn’t though, but I did. However, since we weren’t exactly residing close to any freight forwarder or freight companies (not that I would muster the courage to explain what happened), I felt like I had no choice but to redeem myself and put everything back in order.

Unfortunately, my body wasn’t as young as I thought it was. I strained some back muscles doing the lifting, but I did put the cabinet back. The worst part was explaining what happened to my husband.