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 />
14: Centenarians Have a Sense <strong>of</strong> Adventure and Wonder<br />
“I look for life’s little miracles. They are everywhere if only we take the<br />
time to notice.” -- Mary Anne Cooper, 96-year-old swimmer<br />
Centenarians walk through life with a sense <strong>of</strong> wonder and<br />
amazement. Masters swimming champion Mary Anne Cooper, 96,<br />
told us, “I’m always looking for the little miracles. Not the big things;<br />
the little miracles. The nice happy little things that happen are the<br />
most wonderful part <strong>of</strong> life.”<br />
Centenarians are enthralled <strong>by</strong> the things most <strong>of</strong> us take for granted<br />
or don’t even notice. On one visit with 109-year-old Ruth Hamilton,<br />
she stared at a white cloud in a blue sky for 15 minutes, talking nonstop<br />
about it. She commented on the fluffy texture <strong>of</strong> the cloud, how it<br />
was formed, how it was pushed across the sky <strong>by</strong> the wind, how it<br />
filtered the sunlight and wondered when it might fill with moisture and<br />
provide rain. She wondered aloud why the sky was blue and the<br />
cloud was white. Ruth was able to look out her single window and<br />
amuse herself and stimulate her mind endlessly.<br />
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you're alone with.”<br />
-- Wayne Dyer, self-help author<br />
<strong>Rock</strong> <strong>Stars</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Aging</strong><br />
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