Happy Monday to you!  I’m just back from my travels to spend time with the ‘Just Us’ Gang and Daytona Beach Pride.   Be sure to check back on the blog as I will be sharing more this coming week about the event, including announcing the winners of Coach Sappho’s Daytona Beach Pride Contest.  Thanks again to the very giving Daytona area businesses who donated prizes for the contest!  I’ll be posting their names too, real soon.

Today’s post is a lovely one, sent to me by my colleague Souldancer.  As I share today’s post I am reminded of London’s recent decision to hold a ’stop and smell the roses’ sort of day.

My post today includes an article about a physician from Tokyo who has been sharing his wisdom on living a long and happy life.  It seems he may know a few things about the topic:  he’s almost 98 years old and still working!

I hope you will take a few moments to read the article.  It gave me pause as I considered ‘common’ medical wisdom.  This 98 year old physician makes some ‘extraordinary ordinary’ suggestions worth considering.

For me, the biggest ‘golden nuggets’ or my takeaways based on the doc’s article (and life) is to stay busy and active doing what you love – mentally, physically, socially, etc.  Keep your mind and body engaged in life.  And, eat less and move more.

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