Summary: <p>Listen to episode 173 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Living Your Golden Age (The Youthful Edge). Edited and Adapted from Turn Back the Years by Harry J. Gardener.</p><br> <p><strong>Inspirational Podcast Excerpt</strong>: <em>In ancient history, the time when Pericles lived was called The Golden Age. But in in today’s talk, I am referring to something far different. I am applying the term Golden Age to that state in life (which can be any age), where you have reached complete control of your personality. </em></p><br> <p><em>In order to remain young, it is essential that you be young. And by that I mean, you must be adaptable. You should be able to pick up and dash off to a concert or party at a moment's notice, not hem and haw about how you're going to arrive late or that you're really too tired to go, or what you'll wear. You should have the capability to go away for a weekend the moment you get a sudden, unexpected invitation, or you should be able to adapt yourself immediately in event of a surprise meeting with some old friend. </em></p><br> <p><em>Spontaneity is one of the prime points in being youthful. The minute you settle permanently into the same easy chair to watch the same TV show, wearing the same pajamas and pair of slippers, the same lamp over your shoulder, from that moment on you are doomed to old age just as surely as if all your friends had uttered the sentence themselves and as if Time were your executioner. </em></p><br> <p><em>So be alive, be joyful, and if you can't be happy, at least never show your unhappiness, or wear it like a bleeding heart on your sleeve. People don't want to hear your troubles any more than you want to hear theirs. Change your events in your social calendar from week to week. Try to see lots of different people, and never go the same places with the same faces week after week if you can possibly avoid it.</em></p><br> <p><strong>Related Inspirational Podcasts:</strong></p><br> <p><a title="Aging Gracefully" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/the-benefits-of-growing-older/">The Benefits of Growing Older</a></p><br> <p><a title="Anti-Aging Tips" href="http://podcast.livinghour.org/e/how-to-look-younger-anti-aging-tips/">How to Look Younger</a></p>
