Young at Heart

One of my role models in life was my maternal Grandfather “Pup”. Pup was a wonderful family man, a religious person and a businessman who always appreciated and showed great respect for his employees.

Pup was blessed with a life of 97 years, and even well into his 90’s Pup would say that he felt like a kid.

Age is just a number. We have some control over our biological age by eating and exercising properly and by avoiding tobacco, excess alcohol and the like. We have additional control over true age by being young at heart.

This means looking for the joys in life, playing games, singing, laughing, enjoying time with family and friends—all the things you loved to do when you were young. Eleanor Roosevelt was saying that we should be mindful that we are aging, but that we should preserve our youth.

Young at heart can be a powerful invisible force if work to make it so.

Discussion

• Think of an elderly person you are close to.

• What is that person doing to stay young at heart?

• What suggestions might you share with that person to do so?