Active Body
If you sit and do not move, your joints will freeze up eventually, making it impossible to move. As the old saying goes, if you rest too long, your body will rust. Staying active makes you more limber and able to move around better as you age. If you fall and break a bone by being busy over the years, the break will heal faster. I like to ride an e-bike as it makes peddling easier as we age. I have lost weight and feel better after I have ridden the bike. In the winter months, I use my treadmill. Find an activity you love that will help you stay trim and active. Walking is the best exercise of all for your achy, breaky back.
Active Mind
Make sure you learn something new every day. Take a lifelong learning class or two at your local college. Read the newspaper and magazines and books on history or biographies if you want to read a murder mystery, that is OK also. Work on crossword puzzles or word find books or put puzzles together. Work on learning games on your smartphone. Join a group discussion group that talks about various subjects, and you will learn a lot as everyone contributes something different to the conversation at hand.
Outdoor And Repair Work
You can stay active and learn about repairing your car, mower, and more. There is an art to spray paint so the paint does not run all over the place, and your project looks worse than before you started. You can learn a lot by reading repair manuals over the years. I have learned how to repair an array of various things. Trimming hedges and bushes keep you active, along with planting and weeding your garden. I stay busy freezing my harvest of vegetables. I froze 32 quarts of green beans and 20 packages of butternut squash. I stain my deck every year and paint various other things outdoors.
God And Church
By going to church, your mind stays active with God. Read a Bible verse or a different part of your Bible every day. I like to read a daily devotion. I try to see how it will work into my day today. The Bible keeps your mind active with God’s teachings for God’s children. I love to listen to our minister’s sermons. She has a way of making the sermons stand out and relate them to things I had not before. If you have an excellent minister, the Bible will come to life for you daily. You can help in many ways in your local church by contributing to worthy and necessary causes. You can donate items for what is needed the most at that time. You can help children get clothing and ensure they have heating fuel this winter. Kids need warm coats, mittens, boots, shoes, and more. You will be active in mind and spirit by supporting your church and mission project. Always help those less fortunate than you are; it will make you and them feel better.
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