Rock-Stars-of-Aging-by-Marc-Middleton
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<strong>Rock</strong>s <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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STATE OF MIND<br />
8: Centenarians Are Kind<br />
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. If you treat<br />
others the way you would like to be treated, it has a lot to do with<br />
living because happiness and good health, I think, almost go hand in<br />
hand" -- Elsa H<strong>of</strong>fman, 102<br />
With respect to Billy Joel, “only the good die young” is wrong. Only<br />
the really good live to 100 is more accurate.<br />
Being self-centered might get you to 80 or 90, but it won’t get you to<br />
100. Centenarians are kind and compassionate. They worry more<br />
about others than they do themselves. When we ask centenarians <strong>by</strong><br />
which principles they live their lives, the most common response is, “I<br />
believe in the Golden Rule.”<br />
Without getting too heavy here, this is a great statement about human<br />
nature. Wouldn’t it be disappointing if only mean, evil, con artists lived<br />
to be very old? There is some karmic satisfaction in the knowledge<br />
that doing the right thing is a path to active longevity.<br />
<strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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