I took a walk in the park this afternoon and ended up chatting with an elderly woman who was sitting on a bench near the path.
She told me she was 90 years old and still made it a point to walk every single day, rain or shine.
What struck me most wasn’t just her age or routine, but how incredibly positive she was. Smiling, laughing, and full of stories about her grandkids and favorite books.
She said the secret to staying happy was to “keep moving and keep forgiving,” and I think that’s a great way to live.
I’ve met a few other 90+ people and they seem the same way.
I’ve been trying to reverse my negative outlook on life, especially since I’m largely blessed compared to much of the world despite the few issues I encounter. Even if it doesn’t affect the age, who wants to live so many decades being absolutely miserable?
One of the notable people I’ve met who was 92 was telling us about her time as a nurse in WWII and she said she stopped drinking at age 23 and never had another alcoholic beverage.
Yeah, I’m thinking that to reach our 90’s we have to be positive. I def think it has something to do with longevity. Not so much that being positive will mean that we live past 90, but that we probably won’t make it to 90 if we’re not positive.
I’m a pretty positive guy, my family is long lived, and I have an awesome life and I’m healthy. So I planning on making it to at least 100. We’ll see.
It’s also about learning new things. I’ve just decided to start learning programing in the Lua language today. So I still get excited about little things like that
