Learning about successful aging in this chapter gives me a reason to feel more optimistic about aging because, in the book, it states that “everyone wants to age “successful,” although we may differ in how we define successful aging. To some, this may mean maintaining good health and being free of diseases that might limit physical and mental skills and the ability to actively participate in desired daily activities (Rowe & Kahn,1998). As a person who believes in the saying of this quote. I never thought about successful aging to be more than just that. Until Kristen Lowry, her colleague, and David Snowdon talked about their ideas and research. Kristen and her colleagues (2012) offer a more generous definition of successful aging that considers
