| Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we
like to
get
old is when we're kids?
If you're less than 10 years
old, you're so excited about aging that
you think in
fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a
half!"
You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half,
going on five! |
That's the key.
You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the
next number, or
even a few ahead.
"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could
be 13, but hey, you're
gonna be 16! |
And then the greatest
day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the
words sound like a
ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. . . YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30.
Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound
like bad milk. He TURNED,
we had to throw him out. There's no fun now,
you're just a
sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
You BECOME 21, you
TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. |
Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all
slipping away. Before you know it,
you REACH 50 . . . and your dreams
are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you
would!
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So you:
-
BECOME 21,
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TURN 30,
-
PUSH 40,
-
REACH 50 and
-
MAKE it to
60.
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You've built up so much speed that you
HIT 70! After that it's
a
day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your
80s and every day is a complete cycle; you
HIT
lunch; you
TURN 4:30;
you REACH bedtime.
And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you
start going backwards;
"I
was JUST 92."
Then a strange
thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a
little kid
again.
"I'm 100 and a half!"
May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a
half!!
HOW TO STAY YOUNG
1. Throw out
nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and
height. Let the
doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
2. Keep only
cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening,
whatever. Never let
the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's
workshop." And the devil's
name is Alzheimer's.
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5.
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The
tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who
is with
us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7.
Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family,
pets,
keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your
refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it
is unstable,
improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get
help.
9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, to the
next county,
to a foreign country, but NOT to where the guilt
is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every
opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
Life is not
measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take
our breath away.
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