"The world is falling apart, but we live in a blessed time when damaged body parts can be replaced, like brake pads on an old car. I once fell a full flight of stairs, ending with only a trace of scratches on my forehead, but then, I was only 68. If that ever happened to me now, I might not have been able to write this."
"My writing about age comes directly from my sense of time in aging and my book about time, but also indirectly from my 83 years of experiencing life with a sense of where it's heading. Missing friends and relatives who are no longer alive accelerates through every one of those flying years of aging. But aging can also be glorious if we wake each morning with a sense of connection to our loved ones, the food that has always been a gift of nature."
"Aging brings along preventable health issues. Hearty physical activities, regular socializing, and healthy nutrition are the smart behaviors that bring the bliss of aging. The World Health Organization tells us that people experiencing declines can stay well and on one's feet, which is possible under supportive environments that can "ensure that they can still get where they need to go and do what they need to do.""
Aging requires more than exercise, stretching, balancing, and socialization; it requires sustained awareness to fully benefit from those practices. Physical risks increase with age, and medical advances can replace some damaged body parts but cannot eliminate all frailty or death. Loss of friends and relatives accelerates the felt passage of time, yet mornings can still be filled with connection to loved ones, nourishing food, and the sight of flowers. Preventable health issues respond to hearty physical activity, regular socializing, and healthy nutrition. Supportive environments help people experiencing declines remain mobile and capable of doing what they need to do.
Read at Psychology Today
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