Compare these two women.
Both have long straight hair, wearing T-shirt and shorts and flip flops on their feet.
At a distance, one looks older than the other.
Looking closer, the one who seemed older is actually years younger than the other one.
In fact, the younger looking one has visible lines etched on her eyes and face yet, she is often mistaken to be at her early 30s instead of her 40 years of age.
Although you cannot stop time but you can feel and look young even while you get older.
Here's how: 1.
Avoid stress.
As you age, life becomes more complicated due to the many responsibilities you face each day.
Problems at home and at work can take its toll.
It is how you perceive things in life that you can avoid being stressful.
Take the first woman.
She's only 28 years old but she likes to whine and complain.
Every little problem that comes, she makes a big deal out of it.
If things don't work out like she wants it to be, self pity comes surfacing.
This attitude in life causes one to look and feel old.
2.
Get into some exercise routine.
As you grow older your body changes.
The usual agility is diminished in half and more often than not you tire easily.
One can only counter the aging process if you do something about it like getting into a daily exercise routine.
Doing some walking in the morning or enrolling yourself in aerobic classes are some of the things that would get your body moving.
3.
Change in lifestyle.
Someone close passed away recently at the age of 50 due to several complications brought about by his constant smoking and drinking alcohol.
The human body if not properly taken care of breaks down easily.
Amazingly, it has a built in automatic warning devise that will let you know something is wrong.
It may be due to extensive smoking, alcohol intake, drugs and even your daily food consumption that is filled with fatty food and high sugar intake.
Yet, when you ignore the warning and still go on with the lifestyle you are so used to, the body breaks down and even stop working.
When to change your lifestyle? Now is the best time.
4.
Smile more often, pamper yourself and be surrounded by people with happy disposition.
No one can avoid it.
Everyone has to go through the process of aging.
Yet you can take hold of it and do something about it.
There are a lot of people who age gracefully and the common denominator one will notice is that they may be old physically yet mentally and emotionally they are young.
Thus, the term "young at heart" is often used to people who may be old in age but the attitude in life is that of a young person.
Smile more often even when life isn't so great.
Pamper yourself and take time outs.
Indulge in those body spa and facial treatments.
You deserve it! Most of all surround yourself with happy people.
Toxic ones would simply drag you down and without you wanting it, you feel a lot older than you are.
In conclusion, we are in control of our lives.
We are the only ones who know what is best for our bodies.
Even if we may not be able to stop ourselves from aging but with the right attitude we can look and feel young even while we grow older.