丰富视角
Dr. Gayatri Devi, a neurologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, said that your outlook can make a difference.
曼哈顿勒诺克斯山医院(Lenox Hill Hospital)神经科医生加亚特里·德维(Gayatri Devi)说,你的态度会发挥重大作用。
She recalled a patient who frequently said, “Old age has an ugly face.” The patient died when she was 84.
她记得有一位病人经常说,“年老是一件很难看的事。”这位病人去世时84岁。
Another patient, who was 98, told Dr. Devi that when she was younger she looked like the actress Elizabeth Taylor. When the doctor told her that it must be difficult for someone who was once that beautiful to have aged, the patient remonstrated: “What do you mean? Am I not still beautiful?”
还有一位98岁的病人对德维说,她年轻时长得像影星伊丽莎白·泰勒。医生于是说,对于一个曾经如此美丽的人,衰老想必很痛苦,病人不满地表示:“你什么意思?我现在不美吗?”
That patient is now 100.
那位病人现在100岁。
Diversify your friends
保持朋友的多元化
Dr. Devi said a patient who died at 101 had told her to try to have a friend “from every decade of life.” He had befriended an array of people, including Dr. Devi’s daughter, who was 12 at the time.
德维医生说,有位101岁去世的病人告诉她,他希望在“每个年龄段”里都能有个朋友。他和许多人交了朋友,包括德维的女儿——当时12岁。
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