健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智_BEC初级作文

健康生活:如何越老活得越睿智

“适应是每个人都必须迈进的过程。我们要调动起所有的机敏和智慧，以轻松和幽默的态度来接受残障。”

Whatever the nature of one's limitations, simplifying one's life is also a sign of wisdom, Dr. Clayton said, for example, by giving your things away while you are still alive. Some people have trouble with the idea of settling for less — "they've gotten so used to the game of acquiring more," she said.

无论有着怎样的局限性，都能够将复杂的生活简单化，例如，在你仍然活着的时候主动放手也是智慧的一个标志，克莱顿博士说。有些人对“知足常乐”这种想法并不买账——“他们已经太过于习惯不断索取，”她说。

Settling for less and simplifying is not the same as giving up. In fact, when older people lack challenges, self-absorption and stagnation may take over, the Eriksons said. The key is to set goals that match one's current capacities.

知足常乐和简单生活不等同于放弃。埃里克松解释道，事实上，老年人在缺乏挑战时，“自我专注”(self-absorption)就可能占据他人生的主导地位，人也会随之变得死气沉沉。设定符合自己现有能力的目标非常关键。

Continuing education can be an important way to cultivate wisdom in the later years, researchers say, for one thing because it combats isolation. But training in practical skills may be less useful for older people than courses in the humanities that help people make sense of their lives, Professor Ardelt says. She and other researchers recommend classes in guided autobiography, or life review, as a way of strengthening wisdom. In guided autobiography, students write and share their life stories with the help of a trained instructor.