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Queen E2 is 90 and a picture of good health! She joins the rank of the greatly blessed.
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Old age –
Visons of tottering, of illness, pain
And a wheelchair near by.
But the blessed nonagenarians
Debilitating diseases and second childhood
Are spared and active remain
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A special tea set for the Queen on her 90th birthday ( President’s gift)
Long live the Queen!
(How beautiful she looked as a young queen in 1953)
A friend told me her brother- in- law (a Dutchman) is celebrating his 100 years old birthday soon. And this centenarian is as healthy as can be! What is the secret to his good health and longevity? I see much younger people already bedridden or needing wheelchairs.
What’s the use of living to 80s and 90s if one is suffering from debility? Hence I think it’s a good idea to ‘study’ the habits of healthy octogenarians and nonagenarians (or centenarians!) and try to uncover at least one thing that can impact health in old age positively.
There is a story in the *ST recently about a 99-year-old former principal who is still learning a foreign language. Every day he spends about four hours self-learning Italian. And he is so engrossed in his study he has no time to feel lonely. This made me conclude that serious learning will help keep dementia at bay. This is the one thing I would like to share with others and I hope to practice this one thing myself asap! :) *Sunday Times 12/10
