I was just flipping through the channels on my TV set the other day, when I heard a medical doctor state, that according to a new study, having a purpose can prolong people's lives by as much as 15 years. Well, whilst it's indeed good to get the results of these studies, quite frankly I, and indeed many others have taught this concept for years.
I've stated again and again what the late, great Dr. Maxwell Maltz, author of the definitive book on self-image psychology "Psycho-Cybernetics" said when asked if he was going to retire. He simply replied, "You can't retire from life." Unfortunately, some people who were indeed very healthy and who retired to the State of Florida just to do nothing, die off very quickly. This is a fact.
A person needs to have a reason to wake up in the morning, young or not so young. When a person wakes up in the morning who has a purpose for living, that person will be full of positive energy as they begin to very enthusiastically plan and anticipate the events of the coming day.
So many of what we now refer to as senior citizens who are retired, whom I have personally witnessed, are stoned out of their mind by midday as they have no purpose, nothing constructive to actually do and focus their attention and energy on, which would of course give them an inner feeling of accomplishment, and a deep desire to continue living. Yes, there's no doubt about it, as today's title succinctly states, purpose prolongs life. You bet it does!
Let's face it -- people are indeed living longer today than they did years ago. But if these people wish to continue to enjoy their senior years, it's most important, absolutely essential for them to have a purpose, to be involved in something constructive -- something which gives them a feeling of joy as they awake each and every morning. People without a purpose, without a goal or any dreams are indeed just like a ship without a rudder, thus they will go where the tides take them without any specific direction to their movements.
My friend, I don't care how old you are, you can indeed still make a very meaningful contribution to the world and its people, just as long as you have a very definite purpose for living.
o Think about it!
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