You've heard it and so have I, the call to start living an active lifestyle rings in the senior's ears from every direction. But, before we will ever be able to take positive steps in that direction, we have to have the motivation to do so. I have found this motivation is not always an easy thing to come-by, and I would be willing to bet that difficulty of finding the will to begin the active lifestyle is a hurdle most senior citizens never overcome.
We have all seen the pictures and testimonials of the sixty-year-old man who now runs in marathons and the fifty-year-old woman who plays tennis everyday, but let's face it, those people do not represent the vast majority of seniors. I know they sure don't represent me and probably not you either. Yes, those older people have made it and now enjoy all the benefits of the active lifestyle; and, of course they serve as excellent role models for us. However, seeing these people or reading about them is seldom enough to get us up and off the couch.
You see, we are playing a mind game and the only player in the game is ourselves. You and I are our own worst enemy when it comes to getting our inner psychology working for us instead of against us.
So, before we ever start a physical attack on the hardships of getting older, we must individually get our own mental attitude into a positive state. We have to truly start believing in ourselves once again, just the way we did when we were twenty-five and the world was at our feet. Remember that old saying about the power of positive thinking; It works.
You and I may be older now, but we are not finished. We are not dead. We still have a good life to live and we have to believe this.
Listen to me, you and I have valuable experience to offer this world. We have lived and learned, and still have the responsibility to ourselves and to those who came after us, to teach and practice what we know. Believe this and believe in yourself, and then and only then, will you have the self-motivation to start making your physical body stronger. Overcome dependency. You are the master of your life and the captain of your soul. Read the poem Invictus. No one can get your inner motivation going in a positive direction other than yourself. True, others can and will make the call to action for you, but only one person can change the way your mind defines you, and you know who that is without doubt.
Think about it. I know you will discover your value and with it your reason to get motivated from within. Our lives are not over. Let's not spend our later years doing the unthinkable nothing.
Let's get our minds right today. There is not a moment to waste.
I am a sixty-seven-year-old retired school teacher. I know how it feels to be older and begin to feel our self-worth fade along with the distant past of our lives, but I truly believe I still have a great deal of both learning and teaching to accomplish in my lifetime. In helping others, I hope to help myself as well. Come visit with me at
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