If you are
over 65, you belong to the 10 percent of the U.S. population heading towards
longevity. If you are one of them, continue to forge ahead with your healthy
lifestyle to remain younger and healthier for longer!
Only 5
percent of individuals over 65 are confined to an institution. Being healthier
for longer assures you will not be one of them!
About
95 percent of individuals over 65 are still healthy without chronic health
problems. If you are one of them, good for you! Continue your healthy lifestyle
and stay healthy!
Cognitive function does not decline dramatically with age. The
majority of seniors are still capable of learning new skills and acquiring new
information. In general, your ability to learn new things is affected not so
much by your age as by your desire to learn them. Keep up with your
desire, and don’t lag behind the world of information and technology! This will
keep you mentally fit for longer.
Your
physical strength is usually maintained from your biological maturity until
around age 60. But physical strength and body mass are more related to disease
and health than to your number of years. Continue to exercise to maintain your
muscles. Use it or lose it! Be physically active and mobile to keep you younger
for longer. Also, keep your good posture, which is important not
only in preventing falls and improving muscular strength, but also in
maintaining your youthful image and physique.
In your golden years, you have become older but wiser—wiser
being a process of becoming more of what you have been.
In your
golden year, you have become more confident due to the benefits of accumulated
life experiences. You should not be experiencing any identify crisis because by
now you know who you are and what you want out of your life. In addition, life
has taught you not to take any rejection by anyone as personal; you have come
to believe that the way people treat you is no more than a reflection of their
own inadequacy and insecurity.
In your
golden years, you may have by now become more proactive, instead of
procrastinating, because you are fully aware that your clock is ticking. An
increasing awareness of how precious time is and a desire to utilize it more
effectively is self-motivation not to procrastinate any more.
In your
golden years, you have become more patient and less impulsive; maybe by now you
have more time to yourself. With more tolerance and less impulse, you have
become more rational in your thinking as well as in your behavior.
In your
golden years, after decades of pushing, striving, and struggling, you have
finally cooled down and attained inner tranquility without the need to excel or
to shine any more.
In your
golden years, you have grown mellow. Instead of looking only at the bigger
picture, you have begun to shift your focus on the little fine things in life
that now afford you pleasure and satisfaction of a different kind, rather than
on your quest or pursuit for success in your younger years. You have learned
that it is better to take things in stride, especially the bigger ones, such as
life challenges. Most importantly, you have acquired the wisdom of having no
need for you to be right all the time, let alone championing your beliefs and
standpoints.
In your golden years, you have more free time to develop a
network of both old and new friends. Getting involved not on a career level
often broadens your horizon and extends your perceptions of life.
In your golden years, you may have become more spiritual, not
necessarily being connected to a specific belief system or religion; your inner
spirit is simply awakened to the people and the world around you.
In your
golden years, you have learned to accept the unalterable; this acceptance
teaches you to live in the now, as well as to appreciate what you still have,
not what you have lost or are going to lose.
Read my
book Your Golden Years and Santa Claus to
find out how to age gracefully and healthily. Also, get the wisdom to let go of all attachments to the material world in order to enhance your positive aging.
Stephen Lau
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