Create a Positive Mind Set

Motivating Yourself to be Better

The way we explain events in our lives has a huge impact on how well we cope with them.
Does our thinking tend to be positive or negative: is the glass always half full or half empty? Do we always worry about things we have no control over, or do we spend time on things we can control, like our thoughts, our values, or our goals? Do we remain optimistic about our future, or does our future outlook become dark and pessimistic?
There are always gray clouds in the sky, but we have to remember there is always a blue sky above these clouds. Seeing the exceptions to bad things happening is like allowing a little blue to poke through the gray skies.

Positive Thinking Has Power
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Article Referred http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/people/item/the-power-of-positive-thinking-2 In this article, Business Coach Kevin Riley, emphasizes the importance of our thinking, and the need to control and influence our thoughts. What happens inside our head…

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Why Laughter is an Ingredient to Living Longer and the Dream Situation Comedy
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by Joe Casciani Laughter is good for us.  Researchers have shown that laughing can stimulate the body’s organs by increasing oxygen to the heart, lungs, and muscles, it can enhance…

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Where Does Our Motivation Come From and How Deep Do We Have to Reach Inside to Find It?
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by Joe Casciani Last year, Aleksander Doba completed his third solo voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, in a specially built kayak, just shy of his 71st birthday.  His third voyage,…

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Healthy senior couple
The Gift to Ourselves
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by Joe Casciani A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the notion of self-care: Be good to yourself first, and then to others.  The article was written about…

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Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone
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by Joseph Casciani Being unpredictable adds excitement. I like to occasionally step out of my comfort zone – in what I say, what I do, and even what I wear…

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Sports in Old Age – Successful Aging Means We Are Always Creating
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by Joe Casciani LONGEVITY AND SUCCESSFUL AGING Successful aging means we are always creating new roles. What new creation or new role lies dormant inside that we never tapped before? We…

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Setting a Goal Today of Daily Physical Exercise Reduces Health Risk and Equates to Making Virtual Deposits in Our Own Health Savings Account
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by Joseph Casciani Many of our parents and grandparents engaged in regular physical activity and manual labor for their exercise.  Gardening, growing crops, maintaining the ranches and farms, climbing stairs…

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Seniors Should Be Online – Here’s Why
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GUEST BLOG: Harsha Reddy, MedAlertHelp.org The internet usage among the senior citizens is on a steady rise. A study by AARP revealed that they are regular visitors of social networking websites such as Twitter…

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Positive Quotes: A Block of Stone or a Beautiful Creation?
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by Joseph Casciani The famous Renaissance architect, painter, and sculptor, Michelangelo Buonarroti, was highly esteemed for his statues, created from blocks of marble and granite.  He has been described as…

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Memorable Quotes
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by Joseph Casciani Epictetus, born a slave in ancient Rome, founded a school of philosophy that became known as Stoicism. To help him overcome the bondage of slavery. An insight that actually…

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Never Too Late: Research Now Finds that Increasing Exercise at Any Time Can Increase Lifespan
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by Joseph Casciani The notion that it’s never too late to shift toward healthier behaviors gets another boost with research findings from the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. …

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Meaning and Purpose in Life as A Source of Longevity and Successful Aging
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by Joe Casciani SHORT STORIES ABOUT ORVILLE ROBERTS AND JULIA HAWKINS There was a recent article on the Growing Bolder website about a man who began running at the age of 50,…

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