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8B Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter
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Grow.ing older while seizing the day
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HEALTH AND FITNESS
CHUCK NC)RRIS
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Q: Chuck, I always have
admired and looked up to
you for your zest to keep on
keepin' on. As I get older, I'm
seriously losing the zip in my
drive. How do you stoke your
fires for living?
--"Curious in Calgary"
A: One day, an elderly
friend of mine was depressed
about growing older, so I said
to him, "Seize the day."
He joked, "I'll be lucky ffI
don't seizure the day!"
Unfortunately, too many of
us retire from life instead of
re-enlisting in it. Though it's
tempting to sit back and
lounge like a lizard as we age,
I just keep moving and
involve myseff in important
work, such as the Kickstart
Kids foundation (kickstart
kids.org), which my wife,
Gena, and I founded.
In March, I passed another
birthday. To be honest, some
birthdays approach like a
Carnival cruise. Others pass
like kidney stones. That same
elderly friend I mentioned a
moment ago gave me a birth-
day card with several funny,
lighthearted aging quips
completions to the adage,
"You know you're getting
older when..."
--You feel like the night
after, and you haven't been
anywhere.
--Thoseissues of Reader's
Digest just can't come fast
enough.
--Everything hurts, and
what doesn't hurt doesn't
work.
--All you want for your
birthday is not to be re-
minded of your age.
--You actually want socks
for Christmas.
--You and your teeth don't
sleep together.
You remember when the
Dead Sea was only sick.
--Your address book has
mostly names that start with
"Dr."
--People call at 9 p.m. and
ask, "Did I wake you?"
You take a metal detector
to the beach.
As hilarious as some of
those are, some hit pretty
close to home!
As my 90-year-old mother,
Wilma Norris Knight, wrote
in her new autobiography,
"Acts of Kindness: My Story"
(available only through my
official website, Chuck
Norris.com), "Growing old
ain't for sissies!" My mother's
life has been a true inspira-
tion to me; she's modeled how
to grow old gracefully, with-
out extinguishing the spark
for life.
I found another example of
optimist!c aging and contin-
ued activism a few years ago
when I stumbled upon a Los
Angeles Times article about
91-year-young Kirk Douglas,
who is blogging. I highly
respect the man for his
stamina, career and activism.
He has not only won every
award Hollywood offers but
also been a goodwill ambas-
sador to at least 40 countries.
Douglas wrote a book titled
"Let's Face It: 90 Years of
Living, • Loving, and Learn-
ing." In his pre-centennial
decade, Douglas still is using
his stardom to make a differ-
ence and striving to better
himself and the world around
him. He even has his own
Facebook page and enjoys
chatting online. I always
have loved to watch Kirk on-
screen. Some of my favorite
films include "20,000 Leagues
Under the Sea," '!Gunfight at
the O.K. Corral" and, of
course, "Spartacus."
Another great exemplar of
optimistic aging was the
towering figure and icon
Charlton Heston. Outside of
his monumental contribu-
tions to stage and screen,
Heston was a noted activist. I
remember when, during the
Gulf War, Heston attacked
CNN for "sowing doubts"
about the allied efforts. As
one news report conveyed,
"with age he grew more con-
servative and campaigned for
conservative candidates ....
His latter-day activism
almost overshadowed his
achievements as an actor,
which were considerable."
In 2003, he was suitably
awarded the Presidential
Medal of Freedom, the nation's
highest civilian honor. Heston,
like Douglas, understood that
we're called to use who we
are to serve the greater good.
Douglas recounts how
someone once told him, "Be
ashamed to die before doing
something for humanity."
That is why he purports, "As
you get older, you must think
more of other people. You
must strive to help other
people." Then he offers this
generational plea: "Who
needs the most help but the
young? What kind of a world
are we leaving them?"
Dr. Anthony Campolo once
cited a study in which 50
people older than 95 were
asked, "If you could live your
life over again, what would
you do differently?" An array
of responses came from these
eldest of senior citizens. HOW-
ever, three answers surfaced
far more often than others.
1) I would reflect more.
2) I would risk more.
3) I would do more things
that would live on after I am
dead.
If Bob Hope supported our
troops until 100, George
Burns made us laugh until
100, Charlton Heston showed
us what activism looks like at
84 and my mother and Kirk
Douglas can write books
when they are 90, then you
and I have the second haif of
our lives to continue to make
an impact on this planet.
That's why I love this thought
by Abraham Lincoln: "In the
end, it's not the years in your
life that count. It's the life in
your years."
A few years ago -- when I
was 66 -- I was interviewed
for ABC's "Nightline." Bill
Weir asked me how old I was,
and I proudly told him. Then
I added with a smile, "I like
to say I'm 39 with 27 years of
experience!" I loved his re-"
sponse even more. Quoting
one of the thousands of
"facts" about me circulating
the Internet, Weir said,
"Well, according to the
Chuck Norris 'facts,' 'Chuck
Norris doesn't age; he round-
house kicks time in the face.'"
After a h6ge laugh, I sin-
cerely thought about it and
replied, "That's exactly what
I do!" That's exactly what I
believe we all should do.
Copyright 2011 Chuck Norris
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League of Women Voters
to host health care panel
Health care services and
the potential for improve-
ments through cooperation
among providers will be
discussed Thursday, Nov. 3,
at a public forum sponsored
by the League of Women
Voters of Plumas County.
The 7 p.m. meeting, at
the Plumas Unified Scho.ol
District office in Quincy,
will present a panel of local
health service professionals
that includes Mimi Hall,
director of the Plumas
County Public Health
Agency.
Administrators represent-
ing each of the county's
four hospital districts in
Quincy, Greenville, Portola
and Chester have also
been invited to serve on the
panel, which will explore
avenues for improving
patient care, reducing
duplication of services and
reducing patient expenses.
The meeting will include
time for the public to
address questions to the
panel.
For further information,
contact League Co-chair-
woman Jo:ce Scroggs at
283-0795, or Program Chair-
woman Jane Braxton Little
at 284-6516.
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