Mature Advice
Go For Your Dreams, No Matter How Wild They Are
Everyone knows it, everyone has heard it, and the elderly keep passing on the same advice, but so many never heed this game-changing advice…GO FOR YOUR DREAMS!
Those in the latter stages of life tell us over and over that they wish they had stopped living a life others wanted them to and lived one they wanted. Their advice to everyone is do it before it’s too late.
In fact, a recent research study conducted 1000 interviews with people aged 80 or over, and the top three lessons were:
Stop caring about what others think
Live your life now.
Have a positive outlook
A recurring theme when elderly people are asked for their advice for young people it is to follow your dreams, regardless of what others may think of them.
It seems that the healthiest people are those who never stop having dreams, those who keep their wild side alive…they never let the “old man” in.
With that in mind, here is a fun story from my book Leading Narratives
Wise Old Couple
An elderly couple went to a doctor. They told the doctor, “We’re having some trouble with our sex life. Could you watch and offer some suggestions?”
The doctor replied, “I’m not a sex therapist. You should find someone else.”
The couple said, “No, no, we trust you.”
After watching them have sex, the doctor said, “You don’t seem to be having any troubles. I wish my sex life were as good. I can’t give you any suggestions.”
This was repeated the next week and the following week. After they had finished on the third week, the doctor said, “You aren’t having any trouble at all. Is this your idea of kinky sex?”
The man replied, “No, actually, the problem is if we have sex at my house, my wife will catch us. If we have sex at her house, her husband will catch us. The motel charges us $75, but you only charge $45, and Medicare pays half of that.”
—Dan