Sooner or later, we’ll all grow old. As much as we don’t want to celebrate birthdays or worry because the first wrinkles have appeared, time passes and we all get to old age, however, even if we can’t choose between getting old or not, there’s one choice that’s in our hands: aging in good health.
I’ve often heard young people say, “When I’m older, I don’t mind taking care of myself. “It’s like age is about hanging up the tacos and not liking what you see when you look in the mirror. our face was full of wrinkles and the skin thinner and with age spots, taking care of yourself and wanting to love each other is a waste of time.
- I’ve also heard people say that they now eat well and do sports.
- But that when they’re older they’ll be able to indulge all the whims.
- They won’t mind getting fat.
- This is a big mistake because we need to have more care and health problems as we get older.
- However.
- As we have already mentioned.
- The way we age is largely in our hands.
The likely reason people have this kind of thinking we’ve already talked about is that they associate old age with a stage of life in which diseases, problems and a whole range of difficulties limit our well-being. and more limited, do we have to take heart medication, start to fall hair?
“Knowing how to age is the great wisdom of life and one of the most difficult parts of the great art of living. -Henri Frédéric Amiel-
Thinking about everything that will hurt us, inexorably, will limit the chances of enjoying life, living this stage intensely and believing that we will have a good quality of life, it is normal to feel alone because our children have left home. , we can do many things besides complaining about our condition.
We can age healthily as long as we do not take refuge in self-pity and victimization. Getting old doesn’t mean life is over, as many young people can think. There are many possibilities and options. For example, we have the story of Miguel, a Spaniard who has been in the news recently.
Miguel is 80 years old and studies geography and history at the University of Valencia, Spain, some see him as a teacher, others as the father of a student, however, he is another student, takes notes, is very interested in history and has decided to join the Erasmus exchange program and travel to Verona (Italy). His family supports him and he’s very happy for him.
Healthy aging is an alternative that we can choose, do not leave it for tomorrow, even if we are now well, even if we do not have any disease or health problems, we often forget that when it comes to health, everything we do now will have consequences in the future.
But what can we do about it? For starters: take care of your diet and exercise, without forgetting the mental aspect, developing a positive mindset will be essential to face all the pressure we feel over time, however, if we are among those who, until old age, neglect these aspects, there is also a solution.
For example, we can create a place for these activities in our life by exercising, there are many exercise programs for the elderly and promote positive emotional states because they help relieve stress, in this sense participating in group activities will also allow us to meet new people and, therefore, make new friends and enjoy new businesses, have a drink and , who knows, if we’re single, until we start a nice relationship.
In 2017, Jim Bowman and Joyce Kevorkian met again after many years, during which they all married and lived their lives, fell in love in high school and, after widowing, reunited. After the meeting, they realized they still loved each other. another and decided to get married and start a new relationship at the age of 81.
Currently there are programs in universities that allow people like Miguel to study what they love and continue learning, in addition, there are spaces where activities are carried out during the day and socialization is encouraged. As you may have noticed, we have far fewer limits than we really think and there are realities that we can continue to live properly, regardless of our age.
So let us not leave for tomorrow everything we can do today to age and live this stage of our lives in a happy, intense way and without losing the desire to live, aging can weaken our weakest bones, reduce our agility, but it should not affect our desire to rise every morning and continue to discover the world.