"Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough" - Don Marquis
There are very few certain things in life and aging is one of them. We often hear many quotes like 'age is mind over matter, if you do not mind it doesn't matter', which basically encourage us to accept the old age and move on but we know better that since ages human has tried to find ways to stay and look as young as possible and the mankind has gone through some crazy phases in this endeavor.
Recently I came across a philosophical guideline for staying young. Following are few things which anyone can practice;
- Throw out non essential numbers such as age, weight, blood pressure measurement etc. Let the doctors worry about them. That's why you pay them.
- Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
- Keep learning. Learn about the things which interest you. It can be computer or craft or even gardening. Empty mind is a devil's workshop.
- Enjoy the simple things in your daily life. We encounter so many of such moments in our routine life. All we need is to keep our eyes open.
- Laugh often, long and loud till the time you gasp for breath or your eyes start watering.
- The tears happen. Endure, grieve and move on. The only person who is with us till the time we are alive is ourselves. Be alive when you are alive.
- Surround you self with what you love. It can be a pet, a hobby, family, friends. Your home is your refuge.
- Cherish your health. If it's good, preserve it. If it's not then improve it. If its beyond what you can improve then get some help.
- Don't take guilt trips. If you feel like then take a trip to a tourist destination or to a foreign country but not to where guilt is.
- Tell the people that you love them at every opportunity.
At the end we must remember that our life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the number of moments which takes our breath away. Stay happy and stay young!