Ten Commandments For The Over Fifty

I
Face and accept the reality of getting old, its consequences, and the
limitations which growing old brings. Act and behave your age.
Quit fooling yourself by trying to look like you were in your youth.

II
Focus on enjoying people, not on indulging in or accumulating
material things.

III
Plan to spend whatever you have saved. You deserve to enjoy it and
the few healthy years you have left. Travel if you can afford it.
Don't leave anything for your children or loved ones to quarrel
about. By leaving anything, you may even cause more
trouble when you are gone.

IV
Live in the here and now, not in the yesterdays and tomorrows.
It is only today that you can handle. Yesterday is gone, tomorrow
may not even happen.

V
Enjoy your grandchildren (if you are blessed with any) but don't be
their full time baby sitter. You have no moral obligation to take
care of them. Don't have any guilt about refusing to baby sit
anyone's kids, including your own grandkids Your parental obligation
is to your children After you have raised them into responsible
adults, your duties of child-rearing and babysitting are finished.
Let your children raise their own offsprings.

VI
Accept physical weakness, sickness and other physical pains. It is a
part of the aging process. Enjoy whatever your health can allow.

VII
Enjoy what you are and what you have right now. Stop working hard for
what you do not have. If you do not have them, it's probably too
late.

VIII
Just enjoy your life with your spouse, children, grandchildren and
friends. People, who truly love you, love you for yourself, not for
what you have. Anyone who loves you for what you have will just
give you misery.

IX
Forgive and accept forgiveness. Forgive yourself and others. Enjoy
peace of mind and peace of soul.

X
Befriend death. It's a natural part of the life cycle. Don't be
afraid of it. Death is the beginning of new and better life.
So, prepare yourself not for death but for a new life.