Araba’s 411 on Ageing Beautifully

Birthdays come and go and the New Year is often a new chance to make some changes in your life.  And once in a long while I do get sentimental on my birthday…yeap…I can get sentimental. 

I guess this is one of those days.  Araba in sentimental mode will most probably come up with something cute to share with everyone, it might not be a master piece, but it will definitely be from my heart. 

And so, this is the 411 on ageing beautifully, from yours truly:

Appreciate the gift of family and friends

Give graciously of yourself (you have a lot of experiences to share)

Enjoy life to the fullest!

Be brave, don’t let fear keep you down

Ease up – don’t be too serious

Affect. Make waves where ever you go. Impact on the people around you

Use your time wisely, there’s not a lot of it left (you're growing old after all...)

Touch. A pat on the shoulder, a trace of the face, a hug, a kiss. 

Invest in the lives of the people around you. Pour yourself out

Forgive.  Frees you of a lot of negative emotions

Understand.  Seek to first understand and then you would be understood

Love. Deeply, freely, unashamedly and fully.  Don’t hold back for fear of being hurt

Laugh. Loudly and often till it hurts.  Laughter is nature’s best medicine

Yield your life to God.  Everything else means nothing without Him.