Nurturing Health And Relationships To No Regrets

Hi friends,

I've been imagining myself being in my late 50s lately. I imagined the things that I want to do at that point. Obviously by that age, I'm already retired and hopefully I've accumulated enough wealth for the rest of my life. So, what do I want to do? 

I think that everyone who are in their young adult phase of life desires to be independent and to obtain at least the bottom two Maslow's hierarchy of needs which are the physiological needs and safety needs. Those are the needs that are essential to sustain life. Anything above those two needs are the needs necessary to live life.

Having said that, as I reflect upon my situation right now, I already have those two bottom needs met. I don't worry about the basic needs such as food, clothing and shelter because I have enough of them. My safety needs are also met because I'm able to carry out my routines without any fear of danger or risk on my life.

With this realization of being at the boundary of Maslow's law between sustaining life and living life, I still struggle to find that deeper meaning to venture through the boundary towards the higher needs. Thus, going back to the mental exercise of putting myself when I'm 50 years old to help go about this struggle. The more I think of the things I want to do at that age, the more it convene to two main points. Health and relationship.

As the body grows older, it becomes more frail. Simple physical activities we are able to do today like walking and running will be slowly be pulled away to the point that probably one day we are unable to even wipe our butts. It gets to a point where I get very sad thinking about this. Which is why health always comes up whenever I think about the things I need to do. Taking care of my health to prolong the days when I can't clean myself.

As for relationship, I believe that as humans we are a social being. Having meaningful relationships not only foster strong support system in life, it also creates a harmonious community that contributes to the cycle of support system for others. Achieving something great with no one to share it with isn't a pretty situation to be in.

With all that said, I'm going to leverage the position that I am in, in this phase of my life, to nurture goodness of health and positive relationships with those around me so that when I look back at life when I'm 50, I have no regrets.

Cheers friends!