Defy Aging by Michael Brickey, Ph.D. Board Certified Psychologist

Publisher Frances Lear said, "I can sit next to a man who has on his other side a gorgeous twenty-five-year-old, and he'll talk to me, because I'm much more interesting." Is there any doubt in your mind that Ms Lear is right? Like Ms Lear, you need to believe that you get better with age. Why? Because this belief helps you feel positive about getting older and about yourself. Think back to when you were thirty years younger. Remember what you thought was important and how you spent your time. Does it seem a little immature now? Would you want to trade your maturity now for your maturity then?

Why not?

Consider an analogy with computers. Thirty years ago you could do things a little faster (megahertz) but your hard drive had far less information and far fewer programs. Now you have a wealth of information and programs in your hard drive. Would you want to trade speed for hard drive data and programs?

Of course getting better with age doesn't happen automatically. As employers say, you can have thirty years of experience or one year of experience thirty times. But if you are continually learning and growing, you have paid the price of admission and are indeed getting better with age.

As the Beatles' song puts it, "I've got to admit it's getting better - It's getting better all the time."

Defy Aging Quote:

I can concentrate more and I enjoy things in a way that I never did before. As an older person, I feel, for instance, the color of that strange flower at the end of the table more intensely than when I was younger, although I was very aware of it when I was younger. I like it very much.
                                --author M. F. K. Fisher

People are like stained-glass windows. They sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in, their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light from within.
                                --Dr. Elizabeth Kübler-Ross

Defy Aging Humor:

I won't hold my opponent's lack of experience against him.
                                --Ronald Reagan
at the suggestion he was too old to be president

Michael Brickey, Ph.D. is a life coach and a Board Certified psychologist and serves on the medical staff of several hospitals. He is the author of Defy Aging: Develop the Mental and Emotional Vitality to Live Longer, Healthier, and Happier Than You Ever Imagined. Critically acclaimed by Dr. Bernie Siegel, Betty Friedan, Dr. Ronald Klatz, and four past presidents of the American Psychological Association, it is available at many bookstores and through his web site www.DrBrickey.com. He coaches people and organizations all over the country by phone as part of his mission to help people do things they didn't think they could do. He also speaks on Defying Aging. Please E-mail Dr. Brickey at BeautyWalk@DrBrickey.com.