我们不能掌握生理上的老化，但可以通过其它方式永葆青春。你想永葆青春吗？如果答案是肯定的，那么你可以这样做：

　　1.摒弃不必要的数字，包括年龄、体重、身高，让医生操心去吧！不然付钱给他(她)干吗？

　　2.跟开朗的朋友相处，“怨妇”型的人会令你情绪低落。

　　3.乐于学习，学电脑、手工、园艺，什么都行，不要让大脑闲置。“闲置的大脑是魔鬼的工场”，而魔鬼的名字叫“老年痴呆症”。

　　4.笑口常开，且要持久要开怀。要笑到喘不过气来，笑到别人都感染到你与众不同的笑声。

　　5.让周围所见尽是自己所爱，无论是家人、宠物、纪念品、音乐、植物、兴趣，还是别的什么。家是最好的慰藉。

　　6.爱惜自己的身体。如果体态安康，则保持之；如果不稳定，则改善之；如果自己无能为力，则求助。

　　7.不要让自己有愧疚感。逛商场，游邻郡，访异国，但不要自己背负愧疚感。

　　8.抓住每一个机会，告诉你爱的人，你爱他们。

　　We can’t help but grow older physically, but we can stay young in other ways. Do you want to stay young？ If yes is the answer, here is what you can do:

　　1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

　　2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

　　3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” The devil’s name is Alzheimer’s Disease.

　　4. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the store by your distinctive laughter.

　　5. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, or hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

　　6. Cherish your health. If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

　　7. Don’t take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a foreign country, but not to guilt country.

　　8. At every opportunity, tell the people you love that you love them.

　　(摘自2010年6月《英语广场·美文》)