The Importance Of Achieving Healthy Aging

My obvious conclusion is that there are a host of seniors who are living very limited and unhappy lives. They have not discovered the joy and fulfillment or the sheer happiness that should come with healthy aging. They need to commit themselves to overcome their limitations and move forward to develop a wholesome and satisfying life for themselves. So I now move on to outline what they can do to achieve a richer, freer, and fulfilling life ahead by making responsible life choices in their daily lives.

There are strategies we can choose to adopt to achieve a healthy lifetime in our senior years, despite the limitations that exist in our lives. Here is how . . .

* Bring humor and lightness back into our lives. We are in danger of taking life …show more content…
It is my clinical experience that resistance to changing ideas, lifetime habits, and sound values can become a major obstacle for seniors. Seek to find ways to look at your problem area with a totally new perspective or attitude. A solution may arise before you know it. I have witnessed seniors who have found a solution to their health concerns, family conf licts, financial pressures, or even found new directions for their lives by attending a retreat, finding a spiritual renewal, talking to a treasured friend, or even during a health crisis. We must get over our rigidity, our inf lexibility, our stubbornness and see issues that need solution in a new, fresh attitude. It could mean that we join a new group of seniors, start to date if we are single, move to a warmer climate, or let someone competent manage your financial resources. Just take the initiative to make the changes you need to bring happiness into your life and stop resisting change any …show more content…
Seniors especially get themselves tied into doing the same thing, seeing the same people, keeping predictable contacts always in their weekly schedule. But there is real value in changing that pattern and in trying a new way to carry out your day or your week of activity. Variety can be the spice of life and, in this case, it can add real richness to your world. Stop being so predictable and do the unexpected and the creative thing to give your life a new lift and bring excitement to your daily routine. You will discover the fun and pleasure that a new experience can