"What’s your New Year’s resolution?"

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Was your New Year’s resolution to stay young? Let me give you a few suggestions about how to do that. First, throw out all nonessential numbers like your age, weight and height. Let your doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.

Second, laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Third, surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

Fourth, cherish your health. If it’s good, preserve it. If it’s unstable, improve it. If it’s beyond what you can improve, get help.

Fifth, tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity. And create a few opportunities every chance you get.

Sixth, measure your life not by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take away your breath.

And finally, make sure that you listen to life and make a life, not just a living.

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