Aging Gracefully

How to age gracefully.

I am here to inform those folks that there are 5 keys to aging gracefully, and you cannot buy them in a cream.

The trivial beginnings of unhumorous absurdity.

The changes we see in an older person are usually the effects of a sedentary lifestyle. That's not to say that exercise, or at least an active lifestyle will stop the hands of time completely. At the least, it will slow down the aging process.

How do we see ourselves going through the aging process in the age of technology?

I've queried seniors about whether they feel "elderly." Whether the respondent was 70, 80 - I even got to ask someone who was 99 - the answer was almost always identical, "I pretty much feel like I always have.'"

Yes, people we can beat old age marks into submission with a few helpful things. Here they are in black and white for you to ponder.

There's no pill to take to accomplish dealing with the challenges of aging. However, following these principles you will go a long way toward helping one to live positively and actively through those maturing years.

This is a sweet poem. Enjoy.

So you're 29 again. We'd all love that now, wouldn't we?

I will look in the mirror first thing every morning and I will act accordingly. If my hair is flat and lifeless, I'll take the time to shampoo it.

I turned 50 years old yesterday. Now, normally, this is when I would run my annual "Aging Gracefully . . . or Gratefully" post-a perennial favorite among the well-read (in my own mind.)

The allure of soft, beautiful skin is universal. Everyone wants it but as we age, our skin loses moisture and the ability to regenerate and repair itself starts decreasing.

This article was written in accordance with the Process Rhetorical Mode.

The title of this poem says it all.

Being able to accept your age and then ignore it. Do things that are fun and don't limit it to what your vision of what old people would do. Have a lot of fun!

Apparently from what I read in all those women's magazines, I am in the prime of my life. What that means, I don't really know. As if my past was not prime and my future will be, well, "primer."

Decide to be happy, regardless of your physical circumstances and limitations.