I want to dispel the kind of conventional thinking that leads to the creation of aging myths. Since I am a vibrant and healthy person who is about one year from hitting his 70th year mark, there is undoubtedly something valuable I can say about aging, especially compared to someone who is 50 or 60 years of age.
My information is coming more from a direction of demonstrable results; it is not a lengthy dissertation and discussion on aging. More on this later, so please stay tuned!
Of course, the number of years we accumulate is always on the increase, and despite our denial and forgetfulness, the years are still going to take place and add up. We are all caught in this forever treadmill: wondering if and how long we'll still be able to walk without tiring ourselves out?
Up to this point in human history, we have not resolved anything that has to do with aging. We have only dealt with it by resorting to things like suppression, denial, numbing, partially or near totally shutting ourselves down, not being truthful with ourselves and practicing forgetting. Wouldn't you say that these are some of the "common human tools" we have all used?
As we progress in our time table, we actually become experts in their usage. We make them not just a part of us, but more and more a definition of us. Sad but true. Of course, the common excuse is that we don't have any choices in the matter--- which is one of the three leading myths of aging.
Since we are on the subject of three's, here are the three proverbial questions out of the countless and endless issues pertaining to aging. Things that affect us deeply tend to come in threes more often than just one's or two's. If we can't deal with one issue, it would be unlikely we can deal with more than one at a time. Two and three or more would be overwhelming. This is kind of limiting and restricting.
We are not aware that issues come at us in this number, and as a result, our sense of being overwhelmed makes us continue to practice limitation and restriction until we have no choice but to acknowledge and finally admit that we have aged.
Commonly, the only thing that is constant and consistent is this: we, in every second of our long lives, are constantly triggered by thoughts and events that have been going on, and will be going on, in and around us, which make us resort to those "common human tools" that trigger our reactions and emotions inappropriately. This is the third item which makes up the common triad of issues-triggers-choices that inevitably mess us up to no end. Until we can recognize them and deal with them quickly and effectively-- preferably in "real time"-- there are no hopeful promises for the future.
Of course, in my future writings and talks, I will address more questions and get to the answers in real time, thus eliminating any necessity for debate. We 'old folk', after all, really don't have that much time left in our lives, nor do we have much energy resources, to argue with everyone and anyone about their academic points of view that may not hold water in the practical sense-i.e. in the physical "real" world of us who are "getting up there" in age.
Is aging weakening us or is it the weakness that causes us to age? Is aging slowing us down or is slowing down leading us to aging? Is aging making us forget or is forgetting making us aged? You can learn how to resolve these issues by experiencing the changes "on the spot" within seconds of course.
