How to stay young despite your age.

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But what do you think about that? Is improving and growing a trick? No! And people aren’t dogs!

People can continue to learn and improve regardless of the dates on their birth certificates, because age is determined by how they think, not by how long they’ve been alive.

You might be old chronologically, yet youthful and full of vigor. That’s because youth is a state of mind, not a time of life. Nobody grows old by living a certain number of years. They only grow old when they lose their enthusiasm.

Years might wrinkle your skin but its only the loss of your enthusiasm that can wrinkle your soul.

Jim Cain of Maryland Heights, Missouri was asked how he felt about his age. To celebrate his 100th birthday, Jim joined a health club and began working out! During his initial endurance test, the best he could do was walk one-fourth the way around the running track. Soon he could do twenty laps and ride the stationary exercise bikes non-stop for seventeen minutes –and he did it every day!

            “I feel like a new man!” Jim exclaimed. Ruth Rothfarb of Cambridge, Massachusetts celebrated her finish in the Bonne Belle 10K race by dancing all night at the race party that evening. She finished the race in 1 hour 4 minutes –not a distinguished time, except for the fact that Ruth is 82. She began running when she was 72, and competed in three marathons after she turned 80, running six to ten miles a day!

            Old dogs? New tricks? No! These are just people who understand the simple truth that you can stay young despite your age.