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Old 09-28-2011, 11:11 AM
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Are we getting younger in spirits as we age older? Are we getting stubborn as we age or more forgiving as we age older?
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I always use to say to my mother that you can’t tell other people what to do but you can inform them there is another way to view their situation. I found that some people when they lived a very long time are set in their views and don’t see a reason to change them. It worked for them and who is anyone to say different, is the overriding thought.

I think we have the option of everyday to wake-up and decide what we are going to do with a new day. Looking forward tends to make one younger in spirit as opposed to always reflecting on the past. The past can be good if one looks back to view their mistakes and determine what they could do to make things better in the present

I think a lot of how we look at things as we get older depends a lot on what values and attitudes were being taught to us when we were young. It is amazing how we develop similar attitudes of our parents. I would like to think I adopted the good attitudes from my parents and rejected the not so nice ones.

Everyone has an opinion. You can’t open a closed mind.
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