My recent post raised the possibility that aging people who live together, as we do at Revel, influence each other in the aging process. Whether that’s true or not, the factual reality is that we are aging with each passing moment until we stop.
In previous essays, I’ve said that while we will lose the war, we can still win numerous battles. I’m all for winning as many battles as possible and am fighting to stay around for a bit longer, hoping for a few extra years. The weapons or tools (call them what you will) I’ve recommended to win the battles over aging remain community, work, or serious study, and being as social with others as possible. If one commits to these few tools, the battle is joined, not run from. It is also important to remain upbeat in attitude and behavior. Giving in to lethargy and the sense of helplessness assures losing all around.
Being positive even under challenging conditions may be difficult but find and hold on to the positive. We alone make the choices. We can choose to be isolated; we can choose to let pain rule over us. Or we can choose involvement, participation, being our own voice, and mixing it up with others. We are on a road going somewhere, and we have choices about where that somewhere is.
I choose how I live-Why not more than less to do—My question to me
Sy
Author: Sy Ogulnick
Sy Ogulnick received a BA from UCLA, Teacher’s Credential from Los Angeles Board of Education and completed phase I (Master’s portion) in a Doctor of Behavioral Science program at California Coast University. Sy leased and operated a summer day camp in LA. He and his wife then purchased virgin wilderness land in Northern CA, where they built and operated a coed summer camp. They moved to Las Vegas, NV, and purchased, built and operated a community children’s program for families staying in a major resort casino in Las Vegas. They have created programs for children nationwide that employed many people and in the process developed successful training programs for personnel. This led Sy to lecture on how to train staff and the creating of community within the workplace. Sy was then invited to speak at professional conferences on how best to hire and train employees, which led to his becoming a consultant in the art of improving relationships in a work environment and eventually to his epiphany that “Leaders are the primary problem and the answer to the personnel issues that arise in the workplace.” Sy has written numerous papers on the subject of interpersonal relationships, leadership and power. He has lectured throughout the United States, has been interviewed by the media and has appeared on many radio and TV talk shows
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