Keys to a Long Life

So much of what humans do and think can be understood as somehow motivated by a desire to keep living. To the extent that our life is consumed by a drive to survive, the richness in each moment becomes eclipsed by our mental stories of the future. In effect, we can degrade our experience of life through our efforts to hold onto it. It can be worthwhile to ask ourselves earnestly, do we spend more time celebrating life or worrying about it? This article will discuss numerous practical ways to prolong our lives, but first and foremost, we must understand that our perspective - how we perceive our life - is vastly more important than how long it lasts.