Yes, we have heard the buzz word Anti-Aging but really if you are anti something you are against something.
When we take such a stand we are engaged in battle.
- Should we be against aging?
- Why battle with your aging process?
Recently, my musical inspiring friend, Tom Stow, and I had a conversation about the GOAT (no, not about Tom Brady). We were talking about GOAT in reference to musicians — meaning the greatest of all time. Tom mentioned that Mozart and Bach could be in that category.
Mozart was known to live a life filled with fits of anger and needing the help of those close to him to stay organized. My sensing is he did not find a healthy pace of living and it shortened his life span to merely 35 years compared to Sebastian Bach who lived to be sixty-five. Granted at that time in history a normal life span was noted to be in the vicinity of forty years, and it does suggest that Bach lived in a way that could sustain a much longer life span.
Here are quotations illustrating the character of the life lived by Wolfgang Mozart by Elbert Hubbard (Author of Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great and the short publication A Message to Garcia and friend of B.J. Palmer, The Developer of Chiropractic.
“Indeed, Mozart took such an early start in life and drove his machinery (body) so steadily, not to say so furiously, that at thirty-five all the bearings grew hot for lack of rebabbitting, and the vehicle went the way of the one-horse shay—all at once and nothing first, just as bubbles do when they burst.”
“Worn by constant work, worried by his wife’s continued illness, dogged by creditors, and unable to get justice from those who owed it to him, his nerves at the early age of thirty-five gave way. His vitality rapidly declined and at last went out as a candle does when blown by a sudden gust from an open door.”
Here, in contrast, are two beautiful quotations also from Elbert Hubbard regarding the nature of life that Bach lived:
“Such was Sabastian Bach—simple, polite, modest, unaffected, generous, almost shy—doing his work and doing it as well as he could, living one day at a time, loving his friends, forgetting his enemies. His heart was filled with such melodies that their echo is a blessing and a benediction to us yet.”
“He escaped the pitfalls of petty jealousies into which most men of artistic nature fall, by rising above them all. He accepted no insults; he had no grievances against man or fate; earnest, simple—he filled his days with useful effort.”
I found these words beautiful, and you may have too.
As I bring them to light, illustrating the character of Bach, it provides an example of what it takes to live a longer, healthier and fulfilling life.
A life of poise, without grievances that waste useful effort.
Bach lived with a pace and, I would say, grace in how he conducted his life.
How about ourselves?
If we are to sustain our purpose in living, just as Bach did, it will require attention and effort. And if I dare to bring Tom Brady’s name back up as the GOAT, we see that he has been amazing at keeping his body healthy to play as long and as well as he had.
It will take something for us to sustain our health and an awareness of our reason for being. And we do not need to reach the heights of creative expression that Bach did. We can live a life of sustained useful effort whether it be caring for your grandchildren, being a friend to another, or simply being one that extends a kind and loving expression into the world in all matters that we may be engaged in.
For those of you who have appreciated this consideration, I encourage you to engage in the upcoming “Conscious Healthy Aging—Sustaining Your Reason for Being Online Group Program.”
I would love to share further considerations with you and others so inclined.
And yes, it’s not about anti-aging—-It’s about aging with confidence and joy!
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I look forward to sharing the time with you.
For Our Greater Health,
Dr. Steve
