- Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we
like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're
so excited about aging that you think in fractions.
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- 'How old are you?' 'I'm four and a half!' You're
never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's
the key
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- You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back.
You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.
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- 'How old are you?' 'I'm gonna be 16!' You could
be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life
.. . You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony YOU
BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
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- But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened
there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out.
There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?
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- You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then
you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping
away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
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- But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't
think you would!
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- So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50
and MAKE it to 60.
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- You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70!
After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
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- You get into your 80's and every day is a complete
cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't
end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; 'I Was JUST 92.'
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- Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100,
you become a little kid again. 'I'm 100 and a half!'
- May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
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- HOW TO STAY YOUNG
- 1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes
age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you
pay 'them.'
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- 2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches
pull you down.
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- 3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer,
crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is
the devil's workshop.' And the devil'sname is Alzheimer's.
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- 4. Enjoy the simple things.
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- 5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until
you gasp for breath.
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- 6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move
on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE
while you are alive.
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- 7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether
it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your
home is your refuge.
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- 8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve
it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve,
get help.
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- 9. Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the
mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the
guilt is..
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- 10.Tell the people you love that you love them, at every
opportunity.
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- AND ALWAYS REMEMBER:
- Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,but by
the moments that take our breath away.
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- For more of the timeless, brilliant wisdom of George
Carlin, go Here
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