I have to admit with my birthday fast approaching this release caught my attention. And guess what it reminded me of? My old dad. He passed away a few years ago now sadly, but one thing he reveled in was when someone told him that he looked far too young to have grown up sons who were 20+ something. He loved it!

Oh I do miss him .

Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough.
Groucho Marx

So then age is just a number?: “Believe you’re younger and your health will follow”….. I won’t go there just now…. not with that birthday tornado bearing down on me faster than you can say head for cover! For those of you observing “live” my unravelling with syntax … shed a tear. ( I’m morphing the website don’t you know) 😉

So maybe age really is just a number. But how young or old someone feels has a huge influence on their health and just how other people may view them. An article published in Perspectives on Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reviews the research and suggests that feeling young can actually make you look young—and have the health of a younger person, too. Curious? Continue reading