Old is Young

Heard of ‘Young at heart football club’?

It is a club formed entirely of people who have put in at least 20 years of service somewhere, and are aged above 50! That means that the entire club is populated with boomers.

This is just one example out of hundreds of associations and clubs formed by boomers, who refuse to bow in their ‘middle’ years. In fact, the attitude has caught on big time, and today, like little league, there is an unofficial retired league too!

This brings us to the title of this article – ‘Old is Young’. That ‘Age is only for the body and not the mind’ is an old adage. Ever since time immemorial, there have been people who have defied their physical age, and have done crazy things right till they passed away. By crazy things, we mean things that normally people of ‘a certain age’ don’t do – like snowboard, or motocross!

Psychologists have been researching reasons why boomers have a different mindset then previous generations. The answer probably lies in the fact that boomers have been the most ‘Free’ generation in the history of the USA and Western Europe. Free not in the sense of the literal meaning, but in the sense of the freedom to do whatever they wanted, and be given an opportunity to be successful in it too. That led to a lot of confidence, and it is not an exaggeration to say that this boomer generation has defined the world economics in a way that no other group of people has ever done!

Though we are not old yet, we are slowly getting there. But then, ‘Old is young’ isn’t it?

www.boomeryearbook.com is a social networking site connecting the Baby Boomer generation. Share your thoughts, rediscover old friends, or expand your mind with brain games provided by clinical psychologist Dr. Karen Turner. Join today to discover the many ways we are helping Boomers connect for fun and profit.

Article Source : http://www.articlebase.com