“Life’s too short” is repeated often enough to be a cliche, but this time it’s true. You don’t have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It’s not just pointless, it’s painful. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

― Seth Godin, Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us

Close friendships, even more than family attachments, are key to health and happiness, especially as we age.

Where you live has a bigger impact on happiness and health than you might imagine  — an interesting article by Jenny Rough for the Washington Post.

Ms. Rough discusses the concepts of GEOmedicine (where you live influences your health), friendships (the importance of friends to our health) and moving (the negative impact moving has on our health because it’s a disruption of patterns).

“Jobs fill your pocket, adventures fill your soul.” Jaime Lyn Beatty

Love your life. Be kind and serve one and other. Make no room for regrets. Tomorrow is not promised & Today is short.

“Aging is not ‘lost youth’ but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” Betty Friedan

Relevant at 64? Seniors need to stay active to be healthy and avert loneliness

Stay close to people who feel like sunshine

Remember your childhood phone number? Remember special smells from your childhood? Readers of the New York Times recently shared smells that transported them back to their childhoods — “to muffins baking in the oven, to their own parents’ cigarette smoke, to freshly cut grass, to the aroma of the big city”.  Cinnamon Toast, Fresh Cut Grass and Other Smells From Your Childhood

“If you hang out with chickens you’re going to cluck, if you hang out with eagles, you’re going to fly!” Dr. Steve Maraboli

“Purpose is comprehending your gifts and talent and what impact they have on people. . . . You can’t really retire from your purpose.” – Kevin Cashman

For many high-octane professionals, retirement is not an option