by Carolyn Thomas ♥ @HeartSisters
It is inevitable. The muscles weaken. Hearing and vision fade. We get wrinkled and stooped. We can’t run, or even walk, as fast as we used to. We have aches and pains in parts of our bodies we never even noticed before. We develop chronic, progressive illnesses like heart disease. We get old.
The Times reported that in the study’s global measure of well-being, people start out at age 18 feeling pretty good about themselves. But then, apparently, life begins to throw curve balls. They feel worse and worse until they hit 50. At that point, there is a sharp reversal, and people keep getting happier as they age. By the time they are 85, they are even more satisfied with themselves than they were at 18. Continue reading “Does getting older mean getting happier?”
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