Aug
24
How to Cope with Aging
Filed Under Health
I sit in the nearest bench in the park, tired from a long walk with my dog. Wiping my sweat with a grimace on my face, I remember how energetic I used to be back when I was young. But now that I am already old, it seems that all those stamina slipped away. I hate aging…. I always hate aging…. When I was still in my adulthood, I knew that there are things that I held on to would slip away… just like how my energy vanished as soon as I stepped in my 50’s. And now that I’m in my aging years, I can’t help but get irritated with all the changes that I am going through. I don’t want it, but I have to deal with it.
I have to face it…. and embrace it…. Unless I drink something extraordinary like that miraculous water from the Fountain of Youth, aging is, without a doubt, inevitable. And since I don’t want to get uglier with my agitated wrinkles, I have to face the fact that I am getting older… with smile on my face. Apparently, this is the only way for me to avoid irritation on my situation.
I also need to keep healthy to keep me glowing. I know it’s one of the best ways to make me as young as I can be, with lesser physical problems. Stretch my muscles, walk, just like what I’m doing right now, and other activities good for my physical fitness are some of the things I should be consistent of to make me as vibrant as I can be.
Keeping positive, though it sounds like a cliché, is also important. If my physical health needs improvement, and so is my emotional health. Enriching it and filling it with happy thoughts are the best steps to make my emotional health better.
As I follow my ideas on embracing my aging, I don’t think getting old would be that bad…..
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