Dan Buettner refers to them as Blue Zones — geographical locations people reside that appear to give them an advantage when it comes to living longer, active, healthier lives. Buettner has been traveling the globe in search of these locations in order to learn the secrets of longevity from the residents who live there. In his quest thus far, the writer and avid adventurer has traveled to Costa Rica, Sardinia, Okinawa and Loma Linda, California.
In profiling the residents, Buettner states he has discovered both unique and common characteristics of people who not only live much longer than most of us, …read more

The belief that youth is the happiest time of life is founded on a fallacy. The happiest person is the person who thinks the most interesting thoughts and we grow happier as we grow older.
William Lyon Phelps
I’m off to look for some interesting thoughts. :0

“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength”
Betty Friedan

The gardener’s rule applies to youth and age:
When young “sow wild oats,” but when old, grow sage. H. J. Byron,
I like to think that I am twice as smart as I was in my twenties. But I wonder if I would change anything if I could go back??