Comments on: Longevity, Negativity, and Positive Thinking

By: The Last Lecture. « Soli Deo Gloria!

The Last Lecture. « Soli Deo Gloria! — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:41:11 +0000

[...] life’s struggles make it hard. This is an excerpt from a blog entry by Ross Enamit titled Longevity, Negativity, and Positive Thinking. The idea of living a life without stress and negativity isn’t new. Remember this entry? Jack [...]

By: Colin Chambers

Colin Chambers — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:22:16 +0000

Hey Ross, Great article. Really engaging. I’ve met a few guys, admittedy not quite as old, betwee 60 and 80 who literally acted 20-30 years younger. What struck me was how much they lived life. It makes me wonder if that’s a big part of the secret. The fitter you are, both mentally, physically and emotionally the less stress you feel. the lss stress you feel the easier it is for your body to maintain itself and keep itself strong. This idea follows all the latest research.

Now what if, when you got older you just kept working hard to keep your mind, body and soul fit. I don’t even mean working out every day, maybe just once a week pusing yourself in mind, body and spirit for an hour or two. Being very fit means your limits are set quite high.Therefore it takes a lot to stress you out an so you on’t feel stressed very often. In contrast if you don’t push youself very often your limits will be lower. So you’ll gt stressed at times you wouldn’t have if you were capable of more. Thus you inevitably feel more stress.

It may be harder when you’re older because you don’t heal as quickly etc but all the evidence suggests that if you keep yourself fit then all your bodiy functions will work as they should, again you’ll also suffer less stress in all areas. So day to day your cells won’t be under attack. I can’t prove this idea but I can’t disprove it either. It also fits very well with everyone I can think of who’s outlasting their generation along with all the science I know. I’ve just never found any evidence that proves that as you get older you cannot do amaing things like run marathons. You can’t set world records but you can be very active and that’s all you need.

Just thought I’d put it out there and see what others think. I’ve spoken a little more about it on my blog at http://colchambers.blogspot.com/2008/09/longevity-negativity-and-positive.html since you inspird me to write.

Thanks for the insipration and the great insights.

Colin

By: RON ARTHUR

RON ARTHUR — Fri, 16 May 2008 13:57:07 +0000

GREAT COMMENTS ROSS, LIFE IS LIKE A SMALL PIECE OF CHOCOLATE. IF WE WHINE AND COMPLAIN AND LIVE NEGATIVELY WE WATER IT DOWN AND ARE UNFULFILED, BUT IF WE LIVE EACH DAY STRIVING FORWARD AND POSITIVELY, WE TRAIN MORE INTENSELY, LOVE DEEPER, AND FIGHT HARDER, THUS THE CHOCOLATE BECOMES VERY RICH, AND IS FULFILLING.

By: Glen

Glen — Sun, 11 May 2008 14:22:36 +0000

You know what, those words have struck a very tight cord within me Ross. These past few months ive fallen prey into the negative “moanathon” and ive found myself bitching about every little thing. Reading that has really kind of moved something inside. Sorry to sound cheesy but thanks man.

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 11 May 2008 08:53:05 +0000

Printed and put on the inside of my locker so I can read before the start of every shift.

Gold Ross

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 11 May 2008 00:40:20 +0000

Wow Ross – I’m very new to your site, but I am totally hooked. It is just so rich and wise on such an array of topics. Maybe it is just because we are at similar points in our lives. I have a young son and find myself constantly thinking about how I can improve myself, our lives and the community around me in ways that will make his world a better place. This entry is a fine example of this. Thanks.

By: James Dean Hendrickson

James Dean Hendrickson — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:05:44 +0000

I want to thank you for this post. I am one of those “whining” people though until now I thought I was just “being prepared”, I have constantly talked and thought in a negative manner it is my own fault, though I learned this method of dealing with life from my father. I believed life was hopeless instead of improving on myself and trying to change I would constantly run everything into the ground.
NO MORE.
I have started remaking my life today, take action, allow myself to hope, and be positive no matter what.

By: Gizzy

Gizzy — Fri, 09 May 2008 21:11:41 +0000

ross, i’m an owner of several of your excellent manuals and continue to benefit from them physically. I’m usually a reader of many topics on your forums and gain lots of knowledge from them, but write very little. I think your points in this post are excellent. Positive thinking is something we can all benefit from and we need to be reminded of this often. Wether it’s reading a quote every morning or getting up each morning and saying, today I will think positively. A good movie on the power of the mind and how we can train it (rewire it) to think positively is called ” What the Bleep do we know “. It’s about many other topics as well, but might give some insight to some people. Great post.

gizzy

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:36:56 +0000

What I find interesting about the article after they concluded he lived so long because of his lifestyle is that they continue discussing the “link” between age and genetic expression.
But the scientists in the first few paragraphs disregard genetics as the cause of this man’s longevity. This makes the last paragraphs almost worthless.

By: Jay

Jay — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:35:49 +0000

This post is great and fits in quite well with my theme of the week at home, which is incorporating the law of attraction into our lives. I was raised with positivity and it has brought not only great things in my life, but also great people. I wish more people could learn this great trait.

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