Entrepreneur, author, and photographer Kevin Kelly on staying young: “The chief prevention against getting old is to remain astonished.” Source: 103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known from James Clear’s newsletter.
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Henry Miller It was published in 1972 in an ultra-limited-edition chapbook titled On Turning Eighty (public library), alongside two other essays. Only 200 copies were printed, numbered and signed by the author. Miller begins by considering the true measure of youthfulness: If at eighty you’re not a cripple or an invalid, if you have your […]
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An excerpt from the poem “Youth” by Samuel Ullman, a Jewish poet: “Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is […]
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I am inspired by this inspirational quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. It isn’t by size that you win or you fail. Be the best of […]
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This comment in response to an article about missing sex more than the partnership when a loved one dies… I don’t think people are missing sex, per se, so much as they are missing touch. The loss of a partner results in skin “hunger”. That’s more challenging to address. Being open to hugs from friends, […]
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1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them’ 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 […]
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Julie Andrews Turning 79 – To commemorate her birthday ,actress/vocalist, Julie Andrews made a special appearance at Manhattan’s Radio City Music Hall for the benefit of the AARP. One of the musical numbers she performed was ‘My Favorite Things’ from the legendary movie ‘Sound Of Music’. Here are the lyrics she used: Botox and nose […]
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Aging jokes YOU KNOW YOU’RE GETTING OLD WHEN… SIGNS THAT YOU ARE NO LONGER A KID You’re asleep, but others worry that you’re dead. You can live without sex but not without glasses. Your back goes out more than you do. You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the […]
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“Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived, and have carried since your birth. 4 Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and […]
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