Anti-aging clinics are all over the place in this town where I live, Phoenix, Arizona. And if you drive over to Scottsdale, you will see even more. Anti-aging is big business, meaning there are lots of products and services and businesses are happy to take your money to help you turn back (or hold off) the hands of time.
The thing is, aging is something every one of us has in common. We all age. Every day, whether you like it or not, you are one day older. Babies age, teens age, we all age. You really cannot stop aging, its universal.
Often, I will hear people complain about their age. Does that mean they would rather not age? Because to truly stop aging you have to die!!
Anti-aging implies that there is something wrong with aging and that we have to try to stop it.
I would like to suggest that rather than thinking so negatively about aging, we could think more in the terms of progressing through life, and rather than complaining and focusing on the negative, lets focus on aging with Vitality.
Vitality – What does it mean to live with vitality? It means having energy, enough to ride the ebbs and flows of life. It does not mean that you are bubbly and smiley every day, but that you have the energy, the life force to complete all the activities you want and need to do. It means that you continue to grow: personally, professionally, whatever it is you need in your life. You don’t give up, give in or stop living, you take every day and live it to the fullest, whatever that means to you.
So, let’s not buy into the idea that you have to stop the aging process, since it can not be stopped anyway, and let’s focus instead on living each moment with Vitality.
Take care,
Ann
