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A Slight Adjustment of Focus For the New Year
01/18/2022
Over the Christmas and New Year's Holidays, I came to realize the need for a subtle change in my views on longevity. A close examination revealed the value I placed in this was as an end in itself, almost as if someone would someday give me an award for living a long time.
I realized that this understanding was not serving me well and that longevity should really be a means for working towards my life’s work rather than BEING my life’s work. If I am lucky enough to be here for a long time, I will be thankful, but something is missing if it becomes my opus magnum. Just stacking up a lot of years should not be the main goal.
Making the best lifestyle choices possible is essential for optimal health, but that only increases the POTENTIAL for longevity. It is better to make the habit of serving God with each moment and let the chips fall where they may, because nothing is guaranteed. The older I get the more I realize how few things of this world are under my direct control including how long I am lucky enough to stay here.
Since your body is the vehicle through which you express your life’s work while here on earth, it only makes sense to treat it well, but always remember remain vigilant to the ever arising opportunities to make the world a better place. When we do that, we have the most potential to to show up as our best.
May your longevity be a means to bring about a better world for a long time!
Dr. Steven Sciame