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22ndCenturyMedia.com active aging part one<br />
22nd century media | February 27, 2020 | 19<br />
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Seek useful information<br />
from a trusted family<br />
law group source<br />
We’re getting older, but<br />
we still have options.<br />
A certain football halftime<br />
show featured a celebrity<br />
who is also an athlete<br />
and an entertainer. The celebrity<br />
is 50 years old, but<br />
she demonstrates her seemingly<br />
ageless body and remarkable<br />
skills. Of course,<br />
we would need to make<br />
physical training a full-time<br />
job to even come close to<br />
her much-talked about performance,<br />
and that’s not<br />
going to happen! We ordinary<br />
people will age.<br />
Sure, we’re getting<br />
older, but we still have options.<br />
What do we expect<br />
to change this year? Do we<br />
want to know how to improve<br />
our quality of life?<br />
Aging is a loss of function,<br />
the function of our<br />
bodies, the function of our<br />
brains and the function of<br />
our emotional reasoning.<br />
But we can fight for improved<br />
function of body<br />
and brain through proper<br />
nutrition and exercise. And<br />
when we think of exercise,<br />
let’s think of exercising<br />
our brains every day.<br />
Even if we have never<br />
thought of exercising our<br />
emotional reasoning, life<br />
has a way of reminding<br />
us: we have suddenly had<br />
a loss due to divorce, illness<br />
or financial collapse.<br />
When we consider the depression<br />
we risk in our twilight<br />
age, we are motivated<br />
to seek useful information<br />
from trusted sources, such<br />
as Gwendolyn J. Sterk and<br />
the Family Law Group<br />
P.C. to help us scrub off<br />
the burdens of age (emotional<br />
pain, financial illness,<br />
divorce disaster).<br />
Aging is natural, but we<br />
don’t need to surrender!<br />
In her book “Aging Backwards,”<br />
Miranda Esmond<br />
wrote: “If the gardener<br />
tends to her garden, diligently<br />
watering her plants<br />
and ensuring they get the<br />
right amount of sun, nutrients<br />
and water, her plants<br />
will flourish and grow.<br />
If, however, she neglects<br />
her garden, it will soon<br />
become overgrown with<br />
weeds, and, without nutrition<br />
or water, the plants<br />
will die. Both of these outcomes<br />
are equally ‘natural.’”<br />
The good news is that<br />
if we seek help from our<br />
trusted resources, we will<br />
improve our quality of life.<br />
Our bodies and brains can<br />
heal and get stronger. We<br />
can bring out much more<br />
of our physical and cognitive<br />
abilities and avoid becoming<br />
old and helpless.<br />
With increased awareness<br />
of our physical and mental<br />
needs comes control. From<br />
control, we get order, reason,<br />
comfort, peace.<br />
To schedule a free, noobligation<br />
consultation with<br />
one of Sterk Family Law<br />
Group’s Family Law or Estate<br />
Planning attorneys, call<br />
(815) 600-8950 or visit sterk<br />
familylaw.com.<br />
Submitted by Sterk Family<br />
Law Group, 11508 183rd<br />
Place in Orland Park. For<br />
more information, call (815)<br />
600-8950 or visit sterkfamily<br />
law.com.<br />
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To protect yourself and your loved one.<br />
Having a plan in place ensures you are in control and all of your<br />
concerns are addressed.<br />
To save yourself and your loved ones time and<br />
money.<br />
The costs of Estate Planning pale in comparison to the potential<br />
attorneys’ fees and costs associated with probate.<br />
To make your wishes known and leave guidance on<br />
your affairs.<br />
Designate a guardian for your children and spell out exactly what<br />
you want.<br />
To plan for the unexpected.<br />
Estate Planning is not just about dying; having a plan in place in case<br />
is necessary if you are temporarily or permanently incapacitated &<br />
can’t take care of yourself.<br />
To give yourself piece of mind.<br />
Knowing that your Estate Plan is complete is a huge weight off your<br />
shoulders. You can rest assured your loved ones will be best cared<br />
for based on your wishes.<br />
Sterk Family Law Group<br />
Empower ourself With Options<br />
Call Us for a Free Consultation<br />
11508 W 183rd Place NW<br />
Orland Park, IL 60467<br />
815-600-8950<br />
sterkfamilylaw.com<br />
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