Relationship Advice: How to Regain the Best Years of your Life
Recently, yet another woman e-mailed me after a break up and stated, “I gave him the ideal years of my life.” I’m amazed at how often I hear this, and how many women believe this to be true. Even though you may lose time that you cannot get back in a relationship, you decide whether the ideal years of your life, are behind you or yet to come.
Yes, you are not getting any younger, but youth doesn’t determine happiness. Our experiences and our attitude do. By learning and applying timeless relationship principles, you can choose to make the future brighter by avoiding another relationship destined to end in heartache.
Many people feel that once you get to a certain age, our bad habits, like smoking, over eating, or falling into bad relationships are an unchangeable part of us, and we resign ourselves to the related outcome. How many times have you heard someone state something like, “It’s too late for me to quit smoking.” Or, “I’m too old to get back in shape.”
We are never too old and it is never too late to select to repair our bad habits and change our lives. I knew an 83 year old man whose health was so poor that he rarely left the home. Some members of his church taught him how he could quit smoking. With their support, he was able to give up this habit he had held onto for years. Weeks later, he was out golfing with his friends for the first time in years.
It’s wonderful that this gentleman accepted the support and encouragement of those who loved him, took the necessary steps to change things, and regained his life. It’s just unfortunate that he didn’t do it sooner. Imagine the years wasted being homebound.
You can’t give someone the ideal years of your life because of the youth you’ve lost. A lady from my church found herself single again. Instead of wallowing in her heartache, she decided to find ways to continue to grow and develop herself. Because of this, she eventually married again in her 80’s! She still is enjoying the best years of her life with her new husband as they ride around the country on their motorcycles!
If people in their 80’s are still dropping bad habits and finding themselves in meaningful relationships, you can do it too. It takes a good attitude, the right support, and knowledge of how to change. Your life is nothing less or better than what you make of it. You decide when to have the ideal years of your life, and you can always select have the best yet to come.
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