You may have difficulty believing this, but when it happens to you\u00a0\u2013 you pay attention. Or at least it would have benefited you to.<\/p>\n
Matt and I looked young for our ages. People back then couldn’t believe I had been married for over 20 years and, though I’ve stopped exercising, my doctor said I could pass for ten years younger.<\/p>\n
Every morning I used to wake up and utter the phrase, “Choose life, choose health, choose youth,” to set the tone for my day. For a while my schedule allowed me to exercise a good 15 – 20 hours a week. One hour of yoga starting at 5:30 am. On the days I didn’t lift weights, I’d do an hour of aerobic exercise; elliptical machine, stairs, swim, bicycle – whatever was available. On weight days I’d drop the aerobics down to two 20 minute sessions and do weights for about an hour and\u00a0 a half in between.<\/p>\n
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<\/a>L\u01d0 Q\u012bngy\u00fan photographed in 1927 at the residence of General Yang Sen is said to live from 1677 or 1683 to May 6, 1933.<\/p><\/div>\n
I felt excellent and loved the workout as much for the benefit it gave me as for the experience itself.<\/p>\n
Perhaps in the late 1960’s or early 70’s, I heard the story of Li Ching-Yuen<\/a>, a man from China born in 1677 by some accounts who lived until 1933, buried 22 wives if I remember right \u2013 I see in a couple of internet searches the number is 23. In any event, the story of Li Ching-Yuen and other long lived people gave me confidence I had the potential to live several hundred years.<\/p>\n In 2007 I went through a layoff; this was a little before the recession hit. That meant I had to focus on business and exercise had to be let go. A while after that my wife became seriously ill.<\/p>\n It became more important to focus on her recovery than my life extension program. She and I are in this together. I’m willing to shave off a few years here and there to remain in sync with her. Besides, it would do neither of us any good for me to be a paragon of health in isolation while watching her deteriorate.<\/p>\n People who are not married\u00a0 a long time, or in a long-term committed relationship may find that a little hard to believe. It’s true, though. So I put my effort into caring for my wife rather than myself. How long I live is not important and never really was. It just seemed to me that if it were possible, there was no reason NOT<\/em><\/span><\/strong> to live to one’s full potential.<\/p>\n Coincidentally, the Dalai Lama must have been thinking about mortality this week:<\/p>\n Every one of us is getting older, which is a natural process. Time is constantly moving on, second by second. Nothing can stop it, but what we can do is use our time properly; that is in our hands. Whether we believe in a spiritual tradition or not, we need to use our time meaningfully. If over days, weeks, months and years, we have used our time in a meaningful way \u2013 when our last day comes, we’ll be happy, we’ll have no regrets.<\/span><\/p>\n ~ Dalai Lama<\/span> ** Stephen, who you’ll meet when Unfolding: Nexus<\/em> is published, once looked into the Akashic Records for me and said I have about five or six lives left before I’m done living life as a human. With rare exceptions, we all have to die at sometime. I’ve seen glimpses of\u00a0 my future lives, so the number of years I spend in this one is not as important as the quality of the years I have.<\/p>\n Want to give it a whirl? Here are a few things to consider:<\/strong><\/p>\n o Sit up straight\u00a0\u2013 your mother was right.<\/p>\n o Practice moderation in all things\u00a0\u2013 so was Socrates.<\/p>\n – Don’t eat ice cream every day. o Exercise\u00a0 – your body is made for it.<\/p>\n o Subdue your ego.<\/p>\n – It’s not the important thing\u00a0\u2013 you are. o Develop sound mental habits<\/p>\n – Pray o Learn something new each day<\/p>\n – Share it<\/p>\n o Take herbs and other supplements.<\/p>\n o Avoid fad food.<\/p>\n – Look for a diet that’s over 1,000 years old. o Practice being calm<\/p>\n – Empty yourself of wide emotional swings. + Ask, “What will the world remember of this 50 years form now?” Is there a point to living longer than normal?<\/p>\n What’s normal?<\/p>\n The quality of our lifespans have been expanding for millenia<\/a>. Why buck the trend? Don’t be one of those people who say, “If I’d have known I was going to live so long, I would have taken better care of myself.”<\/p>\n Pick a number \u2013<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Go for it!<\/p>\n – <\/strong>Jeffrey A. Limpert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n __________________<\/span><\/p>\n * Name is changed https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Causality<\/a> Image Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n Live Longer<\/p>\n https:\/\/secure.flickr.com\/photos\/waltstoneburner\/6078388974\/<\/p>\n By Walt Stoneburner<\/p>\n _______________________________<\/p>\n Li ching-Yuen<\/p>\n https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/File:Li_chingYuen.jpeg<\/p>\n Public Domain<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
\n 23 April 2012<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n– Eat it twice a month.
\n– Cut back on meat.
\n– And so on down the list…<\/p>\n
\n– Participate in something larger than yourself.<\/p>\n
\n– Meditate
\n– Develop a positive internal dialog<\/p>\n
\n– Eat it.<\/p>\n
\n– When tensions rise<\/p>\n
\n+ Act that way.<\/p>\n
\n** The real one<\/p>\nReferences:<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Li_Ching-Yuen<\/a>
\nhttp:\/\/wehrintheworld.blogspot.com\/2009\/06\/life-expectancy-over-time-charts.html<\/a><\/p>\n