There aren’t a lot of things better than exercise to keep every one of us feeling, thinking, and looking more youthful than we are. For just about ten years, my other half and I lived in a home in Dallas, Texas, found about a quarter of a mile from the respected Cooper Aerobics Center that was set up by my longtime chum and surgeon, Dr Kenneth Cooper. Not only did I enjoy the fantastic facilities—especially the one-mile track that runs thru those stunning grounds, around a lake where ducks and swans make their home—but every time we might drive by, we’d see ladies and men of every age zealously walking and running, lifting weights, and using the gear. Not occasionally, we’d see smiling people who were in their 80s and even their 90s faithfully staying at it. By the point we meet him in this section of the Scriptures, he’d reached the age of 85.

I’m still as powerful today as I was in the day Moses sent me” ( Joshua 14:10-11 ). He was referring to the time when Moses sent the spies into the land of Canaan to test things out before the Hebrews attacked the Guaranteed Land to make claims it as their own. So, about forty five years had elapsed since all that occurred, and Caleb was declaring how healthy he was. The very last thing Caleb needed to do was find a rocking chair and kick back. That is the sort of can-do angle and resolution that keeps us healthy for 85 years.