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It’s not how long you live; it’s how you live long

August 27th, 2009 by Jim Donovan

“While being young is an accident of time, youth is a permanent state of mind”
Frank Lloyd Wright

cover-dlop-150x235 Have you ever noticed that some people age well, becoming older with grace and dignity, looking vibrant and alive and remaining physically and mentally active well into old age? Frank Lloyd Wright, quoted above, was still designing when he passed on at 92.

Others, it seems, begin getting old in their youth. What makes the difference?

Why is such a large portion of our society aging so poorly? Why are hospitals and nursing homes overcrowded and many older people just barely alive?

Is this a natural progression or can we actually alter the way we age?

The Bible teaches us that we have a natural life expectancy of 120 – 150 years. Many of the people written about in the Old Testament lived to be over one hundred, and in some parts of the world today, entire villages live well beyond one hundred years of age.

What are the secrets of a long and productive life and what can you do about it? More importantly, how can you live your life to the fullest, enjoying an abundance of health, wealth, and happiness? How can you make the most of your life, for however long you are here?

How can you live, laugh, and love more? What steps can you take, starting now, to achieve the best level of health and fitness you are capable of reaching? How can you get back in touch with your dreams and desires and begin to experience them? How can you learn to age with passion, purpose, power, and prosperity?

In Don’t Let an Old Person Move Into Your Body, you will be asked to reevaluate and question the preconceived notions you have about aging and the commonly accepted beliefs about health. You will be asked to examine your attitudes and beliefs and come to understand the important role they play in how we age. You will learn ways to age without becoming old.

You’ll be introduced to people who have aged successfully and learn their strategies. You will learn about the latest developments in the field of longevity and identify ways you can minimize, even slow, the process of aging. You will create a compelling vision for your future and a plan for a long, active, and prosperous life.

I invite you to join me in this exciting journey into aging and learn how you, too, can develop your personal plan of aging with passion, purpose, power and prosperity, and make sure you don’t let an old person move into your body.

It is your God-given birthright to have a life of joy, happiness, health, love, fun, prosperity, excitement, abundance, and all the other wonderful things life on earth has to offer. To accept less is to shortchange yourself and your loved ones.

To learn more about how you can make the rest of your life, the best of your life, and take advantage of special pre-publication pricing, go here

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If you didn’t know when you were born, how old would you be?

May 3rd, 2009 by Jim Donovan

Now there’s a question that can change the way you perceive the whole idea of age and aging.

After all, what is age?

It’s really just a number, even though we have been conditioned into “believing” that it dictates everything from when we start to go downhill in terms of our health to, in many cases, when we feel as though we are of no value to society.

Broadway actress, Billie Burke, remarked, “Age only matters if one is a cheese.”

When you come right down to it, most of what your life is comprised of has little or nothing to do with your age. Your health, creativity, talent, mind and your ability to continue to make a significant contribution to society is not determined by your age but rather your attitudes and beliefs.

While some physical abilities do slow with age even these are being challenged as we learned when swimmer Dara Torres at age 41 won three silver medals at the Beijing Olympics. While it’s unlikely she’ll be in swimming competitions at 70 or 80, she can still make a contribution to her chosen field as a coach or trainer. By the way. her new book, Age is Just a Number, was just published.

I love her attitude. In the book, she says, “The water doesn’t know how old you are.”

Martha Graham, considered to be one of the foremost pioneers of modern dance, choreographed until her death at age 96.

What about you?

What are your beliefs about aging?

Since my new book, Don’t Let an Old Person Move Into Your Body, (due in June), is about making the rest of your life the best of your life, I will be writing more about this going forward.

In the meantime, I urge you to re-examine your own attitudes and beliefs about aging. It’s a biological fact that we are all aging, however, getting old is optional and, in my opinion, a state of mind. You can choose not to let an old person move into your body, regardless of your present age.

Pretend you do not know when you were born.
How would you act?
What would you do?

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