Table of Contents
Foreword Cec Murphey xi
Introduction 1
Part I Acceptance 5
1 Agers Anonymous 7
2 To Avoid Aging, Die Young 11
3 I'm Not Napping, I'm Recharging 15
4 Beauty Is but Skin-Deep, Ugly to the Bone 19
5 Grin and Bare It 23
6 "One" Is Not the Loneliest Number 27
7 Good Grief 31
8 Fifty Shades of Gray Hair 35
Part II Anticipation 39
9 Putting the Boom Back in "Baby Boomer" 41
10 I Want to Die Very Young at a Very Old Age 45
11 Over the Hill … Onto the Mountaintop 49
12 Acid Reflux and Fire in the Belly 53
13 A Body to Die For 57
Part III Courage 61
14 Fear Is Inevitable; Worry Is Optional 63
15 Don't Get Older, Get Bolder 67
16 To Be or Not co Be, That Is the Question 71
Part IV Curiosity 75
17 Curiosity Kills Only Cats 77
18 Bored to Death 81
Part V Faith, Hope & Love 85
19 Everyone Needs a Faith-Lift 87
20 A Hope and a Future 91
21 Laughter Is the Best Over-the-Counter Medicine 95
22 Love Is the Fountain of Youth 99
23 Loving Yourself as Your Neighbor 103
Part VI Forgiveness 107
24 Love Your Enemies-It Will Freak Them Out 109
25 I'm a Mess. You're a Mess. That's Why We Have a Messiah! 113
Part VII Gratitude 117
26 Crab Apples Are Not a Fruit of the Spirit 119
27 I'm Eight Pill Bottles Old 123
28 Fifty Reasons to Give Thanks 127
Part VIII Joy 132
29 When Your Only Joy Is Under the Sink 133
30 My Inner Child Needs Out to Play 137
31 Praise the Lord and Pass the Prozac 141
Part IX Optimism 145
32 On Jupiter, I'm Just Five Years Old 147
33 You're No Longer a Spring Chicken, but You ARE a Wise Old Owl 151
34 That's Good-That's Bad 155
35 Pain Is Gods Megaphone 159
36 All's Not Lost with Alzheimer's 163
Part X Significance 167
37 No Expiration Date 169
38 No Loitering! 173
39 When You Can't Do a Blessed Thing 177
40 You Will Leave a Hole-and Not Just in the Ground 181
Acknowledgments 185
Notes 187
Two Who Aren't Done Yet 193
Other Books James N. Watkins 194
