COLLECTIVEWIZDOM.COM
THOUGHTS OF GRATITUDE AND
THANKFULNESS TO FILL YOUR DAY!
THOUGHTS OF GRATITUDE AND
THANKFULNESS TO FILL YOUR DAY!
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
| |
 |
More Thoughts Of Gratitude How Poor People Live...Hmmm The Past In Black and White |
Gratitude --The Secret to a Long Life
Live life with gratitude --and you may
very well live longer. Studies on people
who live to over 100 years have found
that one of the most common traits these
centenarians share is that they are
profoundly grateful. They are grateful
even though many of them have led
difficult lives --surviving the Great
Depression, loss of parents at an early
age, death of children, cancer, war.
How can they be so grateful? Many of
them respond by saying that gratitude
and thankfulness are choices. They have
chosen to see life as bountiful, despite the
scarcity they have found. They have
chosen to see happiness, despite the
cruelty they have endured. Ellie Weisel,
the late noted Holocaust survivor, found
that even in circumstances as dire, as
brutally damaging to the human spirit as
living in a death camp, some people found
reasons to be optimistic, reasons to be
grateful. Reasons to be happy that they
were alive.
So, live life in a spirit of gratitude. It is,
quite simple, a choice to live.
Live life with gratitude --and you may
very well live longer. Studies on people
who live to over 100 years have found
that one of the most common traits these
centenarians share is that they are
profoundly grateful. They are grateful
even though many of them have led
difficult lives --surviving the Great
Depression, loss of parents at an early
age, death of children, cancer, war.
How can they be so grateful? Many of
them respond by saying that gratitude
and thankfulness are choices. They have
chosen to see life as bountiful, despite the
scarcity they have found. They have
chosen to see happiness, despite the
cruelty they have endured. Ellie Weisel,
the late noted Holocaust survivor, found
that even in circumstances as dire, as
brutally damaging to the human spirit as
living in a death camp, some people found
reasons to be optimistic, reasons to be
grateful. Reasons to be happy that they
were alive.
So, live life in a spirit of gratitude. It is,
quite simple, a choice to live.
Ten Clear Signs That You Are Middle Aged By DeDe Howard, Contributing Columnist These days, it’s become difficult to know what it means to be middle aged. How do you know when you’re there? Now that 60 is the new 40, 50 is the new 30, 40 is the new 20 and 30 is the new –what, 10---when do you know that you’ve passed from that realm of ever young to the settled comfort of cynicism and, some might say, wisdom. In this age of plumped- out, tightened up, dyed-to-the-hilt and skinny-by-choice, just what are the new signs of middle age? Most of us know perfectly intelligent, otherwise sensible people who have fallen victim to, let’s call it, "youngism". I know women who won’t take a cruise longer than a month because that’s exactly how long their touch-ups will last before gray starts to show. The old dye bottle just won’t do either. They’ve got the uber-expensive strand-at-a-time highlights that require expert handling. So, it’s a jaunt down to Cabo or a quick trip to the Caribbean. A trip outside the time zone for any length of time is, well, out of the question. I know people who are so jealous of their hairdresser’s appointment schedule that they will book two appointments in a row to “block off” the last hours of the day, giving them time to delve with sufficient langor into the minute details of achieving that shiny naturalness of youthful hair. Men are in on the act too. Gone are the days when men were ashamed of pampering themselves for fear of appearing unmasculine. Now, men are saying “bring it on”. I now compete with men for my hairdresser’s time slots. And the men are not the least bit self-conscious. I’ve tried to scare them back to the barbershops by talking loudly about female problems –irregular periods, hysterectomies, you know, the nitty gritty stuff. But it doesn’t work. They don’t scare. They're there for the works. Highlights, facial, manicures, pedicures with extra buffing, thank you. If Boomers were the generation that wanted to change the world, and post-boomers were the generation that wanted to change the digits in their bank accounts, then this current generation may best be thought of as the generatiuon that wants to change their hair. Call them the Detangled Generation. Or the Botox Generation. They may have achieved an even more diffcicult feat than any generation before them-–they’ve changed all of us into them. So, how do you know when you’ve hit the Middle Hump in the Great Road of Life? Here are 10 Clear Signs That You’ve Reached Middle Age. You Know You’re Middle Aged When 1. Your natural undyed hair resembles Bozo the Clown – thick at the ears, non-existent on top. 2. Your natural undyed hair resembles the Joker in the Batman movies—gray at the ears, dark on top. 3. You don’t remember what your natural undyed hair looks like. 4. You don’t know how to text message. 5. You don’t know how to instant message. 6. You think a blog is a weather condition. 7. You would rather do without sex than your joint compound. 8. You remember when Coke was a dime –-and by Coke you mean the soda 9. You paid to see Celine Dion in Vegas 10. When someone says they love Madonna, you say you’re Catholic too. Copyright 2007, CollectiveWizdom.com |