AGING WELL?

 

AGING WELL? Part One. 

Dear fellow agers,

  If we have sense and sensibility other than in library book form, we are aware that aging and aging well are two distinctly different areas; some just getting old physically while others also mature spiritually, which definitely includes mentally and emotionally resulting in heightened physical heath.

  Those of us aging well recognize indicators, something of itself reflecting aging well.

  Today I share a helpful list that I read recently and have been pondering.

  First there’s the basic 3 needs: Love, Significance, Security. Without being fulfilled we don’t age well. Supportive family, friends, and acquaintances may be helpful in this, but only our Creator can optimize fulfillment . . . if we freely are agreeable in submissive acceptance.

  Here are 5 of the indicators that show we are aging well, or not:

1. We don’t live with self-pity, understanding and maturely accepting that life is lived with apparent losses and gains. Rom.8:28; 1Thes.5:18

2. We are realistic, but not pessimistic about the future. Isa.46:9-10; Rom.15:13

3. We don’t live to win arguments. 1Pet.3:15

4. We do not deliberately isolate ourselves from family, friends, acquaintances, or others. Pr.17:17; 18:24; Act.20:35

5. We don’t live with doubts about God’s available direction. Ps.32:8; Jer.29:11

  If I remember, I’ll be sharing more on this topic tomorrow.

EBB4