PASSION IS A VERY
STRONG FEELING ABOUT A PERSON OR A THING
Isabel Allende is 71, although she has a very young
spirit. In her passionate speech she explains her attitude towards life.
“ISABEL ALLENDE: HOW
TO LIVE PASSIONATELY – NO MATTER YOUR AGE”
“Yes, she has a few wrinkles - but she has incredible
perspective too. In this candid talk, meant for viewers of all ages, she talks
about her fears as she gets older and shares how she plans to keep on living
passionately.”
She starts her speech about aging. People start aging
right after the birth. As she started to get older, she also started noticing
more about her body. After years, her appearance changed dramatically, and
sadly, it reminds her about her age and condition. She began to lose
independence, and that scares her:
“But if you accept it, it’s less suffering” – Facing
this dramatic reality, she says she accepts her situation. Along with
acceptation comes gratefulness. She is no longer stuck with who she was, who
she wants to be or what other people expect her to be.
“My body may be falling apart, but my brain is not,
yet” - Isabel loves herself for who she is. She feels lighter – she doesn’t
carry “none of the deadly sins that are not even worth a trouble”. She does not
feel weakness anymore. She became less vulnerable. Additionally spirituality
helped her to accept death. She tries to live mindfully and be present in the
moment.
Inside her she feels charming and sexy, but she thinks
that nobody sees that.
“Meditation helps” and “it’s better to start early” –
Isabel advices the audience.
How does she stay passionate regardless of her age?
The secret is the attitude. Even when she feels flat or bored, she fakes it.
Her training relies of adapting to the rule “say YES to life” – whatever comes
into her way, she says YES to life. No matter what drama – comedy, tragedy –
nor love, death or losses - she also trains by trying to stay in love.
“Unless you are ill,
or very poor, you have choices. I chose to stay passionate. (…) Want to join
me?”
sources:
http://www.ted.com/talks/isabelle_allende_how_to_live_passionately_no_matter_your_age
http://afremov.com/product.php?productid=19095
Comments
If I read that she is 71 and she feel "charming and sexy" I have mixed feelings.
Work meet with friends, travel, jump from cliff, have fun till the end of live
I have nothing against life with passion at any age, but please let have some sense of tact.
“Unless you are ill, or very poor, you have choices. I chose to stay passionate. (…) Want to join me?” It's as if she was saying that if you are poor or ill, you can just give up, the game is over for you.
Lets hope that we all can at least be optimistic or content when we reach her age?
And for sure it becomes more and more popular to be an active gradma/grandpa these days!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL_sp4PtKNI
Aaaand I believe it comes from the attitude towards Isabel. So I won't comment on her or her talk. I'd rather say a few words about passion. You either have it or not - and depending how strong it is or what do you feel it for - you can kill or die for it. Or you can just live your life stoically, never caring too much for anything. It's not about choice I guess. Passion is an emotion, and as such it comes and goes on its own accord.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2z0RUjbq1E
Even if he isn't realy 81, he's sure 60+... And got right attitude and passion. And that's the most importat thing.
I admire people who despite their: age, important jobs, success; managed to do not lose child within themselves.
For me the best ways to feel myself great are positive emotions, desire to live, life goals and this feeling when you want to achieve something.
This showed me that not age doesn't mean anything.
I have an example that you can start using internet even if you are 92.
http://www.wykop.pl/link/2207934/pierwsze-kroki-dziadka-92-lata-w-internecie/