Comments on: How To Stay Young No Matter Your Age http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age The Cure For What's Aging You Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:32:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Gail McConnon http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-425 Gail McConnon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:47:54 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-425 Peace to you as well, Yael. Thank you for adding your insight to the discussion. - g Peace to you as well, Yael. Thank you for adding your insight to the discussion. – g

]]> By: Yael Brisker http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-424 Yael Brisker Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:44:21 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-424 Hi Gail and Mark "You say that in your worst moments, you fear the lost time. What if it isn’t really lost at all?" That sits well with me, and I also draw comfort from the beloved Tich Naht Hun who puts it another way, roughly quoted: Can something turn into nothing? It's just not possible.... and gently urges us to "take good care of the present moment, so that we will not live in regret..." Peace Hi Gail and Mark

“You say that in your worst moments, you fear the lost time. What if it isn’t really lost at all?”
That sits well with me, and I also draw comfort from the beloved Tich Naht Hun who puts it another way, roughly quoted: Can something turn into nothing? It’s just not possible…. and gently urges us to “take good care of the present moment, so that we will not live in regret…”
Peace

]]> By: Gail McConnon http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-421 Gail McConnon Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:09:03 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-421 Thank YOU, my friend, for sharing your inner thoughts on the ways you and your aging are interacting with one another. You make a very valid point in mentioning the physical changes you've experienced in aging, and the demands they make on your life. Perhaps they are asking for more gentleness in your attention to them. I don't know about you, but I tend not to respond as well as I might to the physical glitches of my aging sometimes. And those are the times, they become more demanding of my patience. You say that in your worst moments, you fear the lost time. What if it isn't really lost at all? What if you've just misplaced it? What if it's just waiting for you to rediscover it . . and you haven't yet reached that place in your life where you have the tools to dig for it? Looking back is valuable, for it's in the past that our stories and our legacy take shape. Maybe, in the larger scheme of things, the time you no longer hold in your hands has been turned into the life lessons you will eventually pass on to your children. And it will form them, and they will grow through time and pass it on, and so on and so on. It will never really be lost. (just my take, of course) Thank YOU, my friend, for sharing your inner thoughts on the ways you and your aging are interacting with one another.

You make a very valid point in mentioning the physical changes you’ve experienced in aging, and the demands they make on your life. Perhaps they are asking for more gentleness in your attention to them. I don’t know about you, but I tend not to respond as well as I might to the physical glitches of my aging sometimes. And those are the times, they become more demanding of my patience.

You say that in your worst moments, you fear the lost time. What if it isn’t really lost at all? What if you’ve just misplaced it? What if it’s just waiting for you to rediscover it . . and you haven’t yet reached that place in your life where you have the tools to dig for it?

Looking back is valuable, for it’s in the past that our stories and our legacy take shape. Maybe, in the larger scheme of things, the time you no longer hold in your hands has been turned into the life lessons you will eventually pass on to your children. And it will form them, and they will grow through time and pass it on, and so on and so on. It will never really be lost. (just my take, of course)

]]> By: Mark Silver http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-420 Mark Silver Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:19:44 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-420 I know for me, as I've crossed the threshold into my forties, that youth and age have become a different issue for me. Mortality is a lot more present, and I become aware that half my life is gone, never to return. The physical aspect of aging also affects me- I see that my body isn't as automatically resilient as it once was, it requires more care and feeding to stay healthy. And I have a much more consistent need for sleep. At my worst moments, I become scared of the lost time. At my best moments, mortality helps me become more present to what is. Thank for you such a lovely exploration. I know for me, as I’ve crossed the threshold into my forties, that youth and age have become a different issue for me. Mortality is a lot more present, and I become aware that half my life is gone, never to return.

The physical aspect of aging also affects me- I see that my body isn’t as automatically resilient as it once was, it requires more care and feeding to stay healthy. And I have a much more consistent need for sleep.

At my worst moments, I become scared of the lost time. At my best moments, mortality helps me become more present to what is.

Thank for you such a lovely exploration.

]]> By: Gail McConnon http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-324 Gail McConnon Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:07:49 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-324 You bet. Thanks again. - g You bet. Thanks again. – g

]]> By: Yael Brisker http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-323 Yael Brisker Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:38:24 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-323 "There’s a lot of teaching and learning tied up in there: Thanks for that reminder Gail, and thanks for that tip. Will be happy to receive your updates. Best from the old Mom Yael “There’s a lot of teaching and learning tied up in there:
Thanks for that reminder Gail, and thanks for that tip. Will be happy to receive your updates.
Best from the old Mom
Yael

]]> By: Gail McConnon http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-322 Gail McConnon Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:52:20 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-322 Okay, Jeri, that's great! So what does that inspire you to do my friend – unexpectedly, of course – when you reach 80? The world is your oyster. How are you going to own it? Whatever your decision, make it a fun one. Okay, Jeri, that’s great! So what does that inspire you to do my friend – unexpectedly, of course – when you reach 80? The world is your oyster. How are you going to own it? Whatever your decision, make it a fun one.

]]> By: Gail McConnon http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-321 Gail McConnon Tue, 20 Oct 2009 23:21:57 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-321 Oh, what a wonderful message to receive. Thank you so much for sharing that Yael. I'm glad you enjoy the blog. (You'll be seeing some fairly major changes in the rest of the site in the next few weeks, but the blog will continue on.) And, regarding your daughter: I'd just smile and tell her thank you when she says you're old. Anyone more than 4 times my age could well seem old to me as well. Then again, just imagine all the more than 4 times as many experiences that you've had in your lifetime. There's a lot of teaching and learning tied up in there. Enjoy it, and enjoy your daughter. Keep growing my friend - g Oh, what a wonderful message to receive. Thank you so much for sharing that Yael. I’m glad you enjoy the blog. (You’ll be seeing some fairly major changes in the rest of the site in the next few weeks, but the blog will continue on.)

And, regarding your daughter: I’d just smile and tell her thank you when she says you’re old. Anyone more than 4 times my age could well seem old to me as well. Then again, just imagine all the more than 4 times as many experiences that you’ve had in your lifetime. There’s a lot of teaching and learning tied up in there. Enjoy it, and enjoy your daughter.

Keep growing my friend – g

]]> By: Yael Brisker http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-319 Yael Brisker Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:02:17 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-319 Hi Gail Found you through twitter, connected to Mark of Heart Of Business. Love your site...my daughter calls me old, I'm 48 - she's 10, and I realize through you that I don't have to be offended by that remark! BTW she thinks and knows I am not! Still lovely and I've bookmarked you, thank you! Hi Gail
Found you through twitter, connected to Mark of Heart Of Business.
Love your site…my daughter calls me old, I’m 48 – she’s 10, and I realize through you that I don’t have to be offended by that remark! BTW she thinks and knows I am not! Still lovely and I’ve bookmarked you, thank you!

]]> By: Jeri http://celebrateaging.com/how-to-stay-young-no-matter-your-age/comment-page-1#comment-318 Jeri Tue, 20 Oct 2009 21:34:21 +0000 http://celebrateaging.com/?p=4596#comment-318 Number one and number six are my favorites. Especially, "open yourself to the unexpected". I know people who are not even open to the expected. One of my forth quarter hero's is George H.W. Bush. Not, because he was President but because he went sky-diving on his 80th birthday. Number one and number six are my favorites. Especially, “open yourself to the unexpected”. I know people who are not even open to the expected. One of my forth quarter hero’s is George H.W. Bush. Not, because he was President but because he went sky-diving on his 80th birthday.

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