It s also evidence of human folly. Because ultimately, control is an illusion. Ultimately, we are still bound by time. For all the wondrous things we can do, it remains beyond our power to add or subtract even a nanosecond from the march of the clock. But I feel her pain.
Mortality apologies to the grammar police ain t no fun.
And if that s true for you and me, imagine how it feels for The Man Who Could Fly. You have to remember that athletic ability is a perishable commodity. In pro sports, your earning ability, like your talent, peaks early and deteriorates rapidly. You have a finite time to make enough to support yourself and your family for the rest of your life. For every ageless wonder who successfully challenges the limits of time, there are a dozen who stumble on them, who stay a year too long, play a game too many.