Youth is wasted on the young

As I was working with our new youth drama and music team I felt a slight tingling of deja vu. Mostly in their teens I remembered when I was their age and felt young in heart and spirit, but old in body. They seemed to be so full of energy and stamina. I on the other hand, well, my mind is writing checks my body can't cash. I have Type 2 diabetes, a bad knee, heel spurs, (very very painful especially in the morning), I have gained ten pounds since arriving here in Waynoka and my i wear tri-focals.
I need to check out that life-time warranty....
How can we inspire the young to see what is ahead? That they do not live forever and that they will start to have bodies like me. I want so much for them to see the incredible truth in Ecclesiastes 12:1 - "Don't let the excitement of youth cause you to forget your Creator. Honor him in your youth before you grow old and no longer enjoy living."
Mind you I am the happiest and most fulfilled I have ever been in my Christian life, but there is a great truth in that verse.
Colossians 3:17 says: "And whatever you do or say, let it be as a representative of the Lord Jesus, all the while giving thanks through him to God the Father."
Oh that we could aspire to this and inspire others as well.
My prayer today!