Evening star., 1960-12-04
WHY GROW OLD7
Perk Up
With New
Interests
By JOSEPHINE LOWMAN

by JOSEPH1NE LOWMAN
Register and Tribune Syndicate
The following is an excerpt
from q readers letter:
..I read your article on the
subject of cultivating hobbies.
with which / heartily agree.
I am go and find life utterly
glorious. the only fly in the
oinment being that I.know I
am on the last lap. My in
terests are SO varied that I
have never found a day long
enough, and my only frustra-
ton is that I know I never
will"
That is the way we should
feel all through life. There
are so many things to do and
so many things and people
in whom to be interested that
If we lived to be a thousand
we would not have time for
all Of them. Yet many women
find middle age a time Of
encouragement, boredom and
unhappiness.
This is bound to happen II
a woman loses sight of her
self as an individual and al
lows her horizons to narrow
rather than expand as she
passes from girlhood to
maturity and on to middle
age and older. Daily life
then win hem her in and
cause her to lose the "feel"
Of adventure and to lose
sight Of the myriad oppor-
tunities for fun, for inspira-
ton. for service and ac-
complishment, which are all
about her.
It Is easy to become so
caught up in the strenuous
younger years, with all of
their responsibilities and hec-
ticness. that we may forget
that a time will come when
these will be lesSened, and
even disappear.
The time we devote to chill
dren is an example. For a few
years they are around and
about and literally underfoot.
The next thing you know
they are teens and are begin
ming to develop interests Of
their own. They become
more independent. Next they
are young adults and soon
they are married and out Of
the home.
Women may ask, where
did the time go?" and, also,
How do I fill the time
now?" When a woman has
not prepared for this time
with overwhelming interests
and new activities. she will
find time on her hands" de-
pressing rather than excit-
ing.
Exciting
I think from middle age
on is the most exciting time
Of all! There is time to do
so many things we have
wanted to do and have not
had time for. Our tastes
should be developed so that
we really know what we want
from life. We can spend more
time on ourselves and still
have more left for others.
We can begin brand-new
ventures and invest in new
interests.
AS for "the last lap" we
really should not think in
such terms. At go you may
well have 20 more wonder
full years; maybe more for by
that time they may have
found out how to extend it
to 100 years.
Age has simply never had
any meaning for me except
that I know that every day
which passes is one less I
have to enjoy. The important
goal is to live up to the hilt
every day, to leave our stamp
on every day and to receive
from it at least some of the
blessings 1t has to offer. The
more aware we are the more
we receive.
II any Of you have lost
sight Of yourselves as indi-
viduals and have allowed
your lives to sink into same
ness and boredom, it Is never
too late to remedy the situa-
ton. Add one new beauty
routine and one new inter-
est to your daily lives each
week for a while and see
what happens. No one else
can do this for you. THIS,
you must do for yourself!
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Tomorrow: "To Have Love-
ly Smile. Have To Treat
Teeth Right"