Feeling useful and having a sense of purpose in life are clearly beneficial psychologically, but now research is revealing that there also physical benefits.
No matter what your age, new research finds, having a sense of purpose helps you live longer.
There are a lot of reasons to believe that being purposeful might help protect older adults more so than younger ones.
For instance, adults might need a sense of direction more, after they have left the workplace and lost that source for organizing their daily events.
In addition, older adults are more likely to face mortality risks than younger adults.
These findings suggest that there’s something unique about finding a purpose that seems to be leading to greater longevity.”
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People often ask...After all these years....WHY?I'm still stacking sticks???Think about it,the disabilities,the age....WHY?I think it goes back to Paul”Bear”Bryant,who,at a press conference about his retirement was asked what he was going to do?His answer was curl up and DIE.3 weeks later he died...Talk about a sense of purpose....Well,last night,I met an elderly gentleman,the young age of 70,named Paul Adams,STILL driving for us....What a great gentleman.He stopped by my open doored trailer(remember previous posts about not checking out other drivers in our fleet)and ask if I was Skip,it seems he'd had some issues with the mobile mover program not wanting to connect to the printer.I pushed him in the right direction....But,that's not the story....2 Old bedbuggers,getting dinner,exchanging stories...What a great experience....We both came to the same conclusion,without the sticks we’d both be gone....GOTTA HAVE A PURPOSE!!!!
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