The secret to happy aging is gratitude.
Gratitude for still being alive.
Gratitude for what life has taught you through its good and bad experiences.
Gratitude for those who have loved you.
Gratitude for those who have mentored you.
Grateful people are happy people, even in later years when decline sets in and death awaits us.
“We think people are grateful because they are happy. But is this true? Look closely, and you will find that people are happy because they are grateful.” Music of Silence, David Stendal-Rast
The practice of gratitude is a path of transformation.
“Be grateful for your life, every detail of it, and your face will come to shine like a sun, and everyone who sees it will be made glad and peaceful. Persist in gratitude, and you will slowly become one with the Sun of Love, and Love will shine through you its all-healing joy. The path of gratitude is not for children; it is the path of tender heroes, of the heroes of tenderness who, whatever happens, keep burning on their hearts the flame of adoration.” Rumi, from Light Upon Light, Andrew Harvey.
Be grateful. Age happy!