... Age is nothing but a number...(Alcina Chipeio)
- Alcina Chipeio
- Sep 2, 2021
- 2 min read
“Aging is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Anonymous
While old and young may appear to be opposites, they actually co-exist. With age, we become men and women of all seasons, at home in each, imprisoned by none. As author Madeleine L’Engle discovered, “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
According to Suzan Avery Stewart, current studies in human development suggest that we are many ages at once, and that chronological age is relatively unimportant. The differences between individuals are more pronounced with age, and the older we get, the less alike we become. People age in widely – and sometimes wildly – different ways.
With age, we become men and women of all seasons—old and young and in between.
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.” —C.S. Lewis
You are never too old to make a new beginning
Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait on the LORD Shall renew their strength; They shall mount up with wings like eagles, They shall run and not be weary, They shall walk and not faint. (NKJV)
Decades of more recent research have established that emotional well-being often improves with age and that physical health, cognitive vitality, and passion, commonly thought to atrophy with age, in fact, remain accessible.
According to Life Care Services, surprising number of things get better with each passing year: blue jeans, leather boots, cheese, wine, whiskey, antiques, trees and friendships. You know something else that gets better with age? You.....
As you get older, don't focus on the old stereotype of getting old such as aches, pains and slowing of some cognitive functions, or you can embrace the positive stereotypes of aging which bring beautiful value to life such as: wisdom, positive mindset, self-confidence, storytelling, empathy, stress-less, decision-making and well-being. One more I would like to highlight is happiness, the kind of happiness that makes you laugh from your belly without no inhibition, that kind of laughter needs aging...
It's all about choice and it's in your power to reach to it

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