06.21.07
Nobody Cares How Old You Are
These days I’ve been reading a book by Steve Chandler called “100 Ways To Motivate Yourself”. I’ve been enjoying the sections on the brain and how it works. Our brains are really amazing and we can do a lot more than we realize.
Some quotes from the book:
“Nobody cares how old you are but you. People only care about what you can do and you can do anything you want at any age.” Now, I realize sometimes you have to get people to look past your gray hair and give you a chance. That’s why I love the Internet, it equals the playing field.
“The memory loss and mental passivity that we used to believe was caused by aging has now been proven to be caused by simple lack of use.” I was so encouraged by that fact. Apparently, research has shown that mathemeticians live longer than people in any other profession because they keep so mentally active.
Now if you are like me and math is to be avoided at all costs, try reading detective novels. Not graphic crime stories, but the kind that make you try to figure out the clues and solve the case.
Reading Sherlock Holmes type books, doing crosswords, and playing scrabble all keep the brain young and active. Ask my mother-in-law, in her late eighties and still beating her schoolteacher children at scrabble - much to their dismay.