1. Continue
to widen your interest. Not all of us can go to foreign country but, long
before old age, everyone can begin to look forward to learning new things, to
pursuing pastimes and developing skills. You can expose yourself to new
interests in many ways, such as browsing through library shelves, attending
lectures, joining in civic or welfare activities. Inquiry into things that are
new to you quickens the mind and heart.
2. Be eager
to continue your life. Aging is a process in which most people do more things
for the last time, and fewer for the last time and fewer for the first time.
Reverse that and you have an antidote for growing old.
3. Be
affectionate. Love is one of the most powerful stimulants to a longer, happier
life. Human warmth is, of course, not limited to romantic love; devotion to you
fellow man serves equally well. The faculty of being genuinely concerned about
other enriches any one’s life. The earlier one acquires it, the better
fortified he will be for his later years.
4. Don’t let
emotions rule you. Giving in to anger is one of our unhealthiest habits. Avoid
heated arguments and strong emotional conflicts.
5. Don’t
worry. Worry is just a bad emotional habit; like any habit, it can be broken if
you make sufficient effort.
6. Make
friends easily. As you grow older you must accustom yourself to the loss of
lifelong friends and be prepared to make others. To do so, you must have
something to offer. You don’t need money; offer whatever is pleasant and useful
in you.
7. Have
religious faith. Religious counselors agree that the real comfort of faith come
but faintly to elderly persons who have previously neglected it. How much
richer life is for those whose faith helps them constantly during the stresses
and trials of everyday living.
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Special
Credit to: Julio F. Silverio
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