What an 86-year-old woman taught me about living

What an 86-year-old woman taught me about living SO I'M 64 YEARS OLD AND YESTERDAY I MET A WOMAN WHO WAS CELEBRATING HER 86TH BIRTHDAY. AND LET ME TELL YOU, THIS WOMAN WAS SO FULL OF LIFE SHE WAS MOVING AROUND AND L SHE HAD BEEN OUT CELEBRATING WITH AND I THOUGHT, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW I WANT TO BE AT 86. SO I STARTED CHATTING WITH HER, AND I ASKED HER, IF YOU COULD GIVE ME FIVE THINGS THAT HELPED YOU GET TO 86 STILL ENJOYING LIFE THIS MUCH, WHAT WOULD TH AND I LOVED WHAT SHE TOLD ME, AND HERE THEY ARE. NUMBE NUMBER ONE. HAVE SOMETHING THAT STILL NEEDS YOU A GARD A GARDEN, A PET A FRIEND A FRIEND, A PROJE SOMETHING THAT GIVES YOU A REASON TO GET UP AND BE PART OF THE DAY. NO.2. NO.2. MAKE FRIENDS OF ALL AGES EVERY GENERATION BRINGS SOMETHING DIFFERENT INTO YOUR LIFE DON'T LET YOUR WORLD GET SMALLER JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE GETTING OLDER. NO.3. NO.3. YOUR CHILDREN ARE SUPPOSED TO BUILD LIVES THAT DON'T REVOLVE AROUND YOU. YOU RAISED THEM TO HAVE LIVES OF THEIR OWN. LET THEM. AND MAKE SURE YOU KEEP BUILDING ONE OF YOUR OWN, TOO. NUMBER FOUR WAS NUMBER FOUR WAS TAKE PICTURES OF ORDINARY DAYS AND SAY THE GOOD THINGS WHILE PEOPLE ARE STILL HERE DON'T SAVE THE STORIES, THE COMPL OR THE I LOVE YOU FOR WHEN SOMEBODY'S GONE. SOMEDAY, THOSE ORDINARY DAYS ARE THE ONES THAT YOU WILL MISS THE MOST. AND NUMBER AND NUMBER FIVE DON'T SPEND YOUR HEALTHY YEARS PREPARING FOR YOUR OLD YEARS. SPEND SOME OF THE MONEY. TAKE THE TR TRY THE THING. USE THE BODY YOU'VE GOT. DON'T GET SO BUSY PREPARING TO BE OLD THAT YOU FORGET TO LIVE WHILE YOU'RE STILL ABLE. NOW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT I DON'T WANNA SPEND THE NEXT 22 YEARS GETTING OLD. I WANT TO SPEND THEM STAYING ALIVE.