Growing old gracefully

Everyday we grow older and this is something we cannot change. How well you take care of yourself today mentally, physically and spiritually affects how you look tomorrow. You can use all the beauty creams or face lifts you want but this does not change the fact that when you look in the mirror and you are one day older. How we want to be 21 and how we hate to be over 50 which is a great age if you quit trying to act 30.

People live into their 80's today and growing old gracefully is the key. Old is a state of mind and even if your body does not quite work like it use to 50 is not old today and changing how society perceives it starts with you.  People that want to be younger than their age is a waste of living in the moment. I have seen 30 year old people look 50 as well as 50 year old people look 30. It has nothing to do with spending a fortune on face lifts and beauty treatments but how they lived life and cared of their body, mind and spirit.

Ask yourself these questions: Is there something in life that you have not done that you wanted to? Why do you want to look younger? People that have had face lifts look like freaks because it is not natural. Anything you can do today that may help you look younger is live healthy, eat right and get plenty of sleep. You cannot reverse anything you have done up to this moment but you can make changes today that will help you grow old gracefully.

Our society, advertising and those people that act like they are embarrassed about their age are to blame for how we feel about getting old. The baby boomers are now a majority and can change the attitude today so our kids do not think they are not doomed after age 30. Live healthy and teach the youth that there is a place for both young and old in society today. Try the natural remedies like taking vitamins and skin care products that really do work. Stay away from the unnatural things like face lifts and surgical procedures because this gives the wrong impression to our youth.