Many older people I know has a lifestyle that tells that the world has changed.
My ex-mamma in law is 76, but she goes to the training studio to train 3 x a week. She gets up early in the morning to read the news from her mini-Ipad, takes her coffee, takes a slice of bread with cheese on (her breakfast for more than 50 years or more) then she is ready for her daily walk. She cleans her house like a lovely cleaning machine she really is, fast and effective. She has an apartment that looks like a dream..well kept, clean and beautiful.
She is very active, happy, healthy, caring, kind and vibrant. She walks
her 30,000 steps or more. I don't know how she managed it, but I know she drives her car at
a place, then she starts walking from there. She takes long walk..everyday. She is indeed enjoying
her senior years. And she said she has traveled a lot and has been in 39 countries since she started to travel alone or with a group from 1983. She has her worries and fears as married and divorced until she waked up one morning and decided to change her life. The way she thinks, reacts on things and feel. The economy got better too after she sold her beautiful house in 2007 to get an easy care flat in later years...Then her life becomes better...like a dream..
She said, what matters to me is to give love and to be there for my love one's (children, grandchildren, and 1 great grandchild) and to enjoy my daily
exercise and interests. She is marvelous in terms of 2 way communication. It is an alpha and omega for her.
It is with a great pleasure having her in my travel, more than twice, we have traveled to the Philippines together. Everyone there loves her, she is very kind, charming. She is indeed a darling!
In Germany, the fun was complete, for she was with me, along with her siblings. All girls on their 70's. My aunt in Germany (to turn 76, is her younger sister) she is so younger looking and with very fair skin. She cooks everyday, goes shopping
and clean the house, do gardening, feed the cat of her daughter and family who is in holiday. Auntie and husband are very hospitable !
This year's holiday, sorrounded by these wonderful and active seniors is just an amazing experience ! Getting older by age and getting younger by skin and heart is now a trend, the tendency is so interesting !
The 70's are the new 60's, the 60's are the new 50's etc.etc.
More so, in Germany, which is also my kind of city, added to my list is Kirrweiler, an idyllic wine-district, with old houses with grapevines climbing unto the roof, arching the narrow, intimate old road of this beautiful cozy little district.
The people there has an inclination to feed on ecologic fresh greens and vegetables from own farm. Our family there cook their own food from fresh, raw materials...and no junk food ! Guess they found the key to a harmonious life... Not so much worries and plenty fun and love to each other,
To enjoy life at its best is to remember to nurture both sides especially on the weekend. What a wonderful cake they baked, and the fruit jellies and marmelades. Aunt Sylvia, never in her life buys
such things, she makes them herself. She drinks one cup of coffee in the morning from those genuine coffee (from instant real coffee beans) and she only allows herself to eat fruit after seven in the evening. She also fast and allow only liquid food as part of her natural therapy regularly, to name a few factors that may contribute to their healthy life and younger looking skin.
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| Behind me is a stone-wall from the renaissance. This property belongs to my- aunt-in laws family at the idyllic Kirrweiler. |
It was nice to visit my family in Germany, although they are my ex-in-laws, still I am that close with them, and in some aspect, I am even closer to compare with the others, how lucky I am!
The trip. We were a group of 5 people from Bergen Norway, and I was the youngest (at 59). All were aunties, ranging from 78, 76, 75 and 73. And one thorn among the roses, was also with us, he is 69. I don't consider myself as old anymore, and not them either.
We are getting younger ! It is not only positive but there are also negative sides of staying that long in life..yes it is that confusing ! But we are getting more knowledgeable, conscious, more informed than
the older generation...thanks to the www.
It was a vacation full of joy, fun and activities. We attended the golden wedding anniversary of auntie no. 3 ( she who is 75) and her husband (who turned 76 ...2 days ago.)
I noticed that at 59, I don't need to worry and think I am that old anymore, unlike before. When i was 13..my best friend whom i respected that much was 50 years old bright lady. At that time, I thought she was too old, and this was way back. 1970.
Now we are anno 2016... and everything has changed... a new paradigmshift, We think differently, and we chose to live life differently and our awareness about almost everything has reached a newer level. The internet age. A new evolution, we are now being empowered by the information technology that influenced every part of our life, in all ages, for bad or good. We can't say we don't know anymore. Everything is there for you...you have to find the good life and the best for you, by following the world..thru the internet.
It is that interesting and.,powerful. The world is getting smaller, yet getting closer and people more social and insightful...
To be continued...
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