Ageing Gracefully

Hi Fellow SHCians,

The following Post is composed and written by Lau Eng Seng (Leon). I hope the SHC committee and Terence wouldn’t mind if I re-post for Eng Seng as suggested. Excuse me, if it is.

“Hi every one,? I am trying to create a new post to share about aging gracefully but don’t know how. So I post it in this reply. Perhaps some one can re post it in a forum where it can reach all members. Also teach me how to create new post.

7 Important Ways to Age Gracefully?:

1. Accept it, but don’t give in to it.
2. Realise that it’s never too late. As John Barrymore said, “A man is not old until regrets replace dreams.
3. Being moderate and regulated with how we treat our body is one of the smartest steps we can take.
4. Realise what you have and be grateful for it.
5. Laugh often. In George Bernard Shaw’s words, “You don’t stop laughing when you grow old, you grow old when you stop laughing.”
6. Do what you can to look your best, and then forget about it. There’s a lot more to life than how you look.
7. Find meaningful activities. Follow where your passions lie.

I hope each day finds you growing old gracefully, with health, happiness, and fulfilment.
And may all of you live long, live strong, and live happy.

I have seen how this club grown and happy for all new and old members to have now wider scope of activities. Wish I have more time myself to participate.

Will want to get to know more of all of you one day

Leon”

Author: Hew Lee

After retirement, I help seniors to bridge the digital divide. Web: https://itforseniors.wordpress.com YouTube: https://youtube.com/user/faberlodge

5 thoughts on “Ageing Gracefully”

  1. Hi Leon, Ivan and Hew Lee,
    Thanks for sharing and I wish to add that in order to grow old gracefully one has to be happy. Happiness can be created by;
    * Be prepared to overlook and accept our own imperfections
    * Lower our expectations
    * Do not let a statement/attitude from others to destroy our inner peace
    * Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful
    * Join activities of our liking and should not base on who organized it.
    Cheers! SS

  2. To add on to SS meaning of Happiness – from an old ST article …

    Secret of Happiness

    THE HAPPIEST PEOPLE …?- Spend the least time alone.?- Pursue personal growth and intimacy.?- Judge themselves by their own yardsticks, never against what others do or have.
    THE FLOW OF LIFE?… – Life satisfaction occurs most often when people are engaged in absorbing activities that cause them to forget themselves, lose track of time and stop worrying.
    “Flow” is the term that psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi coined to describe this phenomenon. ? A life of many activities in flow is likely to be a life of great satisfaction.
    “One of the happiest men I ever met was a 64-year-old Chicago welder with a fourth-grade education,” he says. The man took immense pride in his work, refusing a promotion to foreman that would have kept him from what he loved to do.
    hewlee

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