This book is about how to grow older without growing old. If you
are fortunate and do not die early by accident or disease, you will
become elderly in this century, a period which will produce more
older people and centenarians than any other time in history. To
get older is one task; to make old age valuable is another. This
book assumes you have had or will want to have a long life and,
more importantly, you have the desire to find significance and
value in being older. This book is meant to help you, but it may
not. It depends, of course, on you. That is why the book is also
called 'The Art of Ageing. This book offers you various proposals
for ageing well written by contemporary international authors who
also suggest a variety of views about how to age artfully. 'An old
age in need of self-improvement is unenviable. On Old Age, Cicero
'Good old man.Give me your hand and let me your fortunes
understand. As You Like It, William Shakespeare 'Andorra ranks
first among nations in life expectancy-83 years versus 77.1 in the
USA and 37.2 in Zambia. Geography.About.com 'Centenarians are a
diverse group, according to The New England Centenarian Study. Some
are teetotalers. deadly behaviors for most people. One feature
common to most centenarians is that stress does not bother them.
CNN.com Profits from the sale of this book will go to international
charities that assist the elderly.
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