What I've learned from watching "old" people

Alright my muse has kicked me in the ass so now I can write this one.

So here is a list of things I've learned from watching old people. Well actually tips on living that I've learned from watching "old" people:
1. Keep yourself healthy/maintain your health:

What I've noticed is that a lot of the older people I know are encountering health problems that they're blaming on age but really it comes from years of abusing their bodies. Age is only a factor in that it granted them the sheer numbers of years necessary to damage their bodied that much. You may disagree with me on this but I've known older people who have made a point of keeping themselves healthy and they don't suffer the ailments we have a tendency to attribute to age.

2. Cultivate pleasant relationships with younger people:

I say this because at some point if you live long enough and your health fails you your gonna need someone to help you. Now people may help you because they feel obligated or because they're getting paid to but a lot of them will feel like it is a burden. If you cultivate good and pleasant relationships you alleviate that burden because they actually like you and want to help. Feel free to disagree with me on this one but in my experience I've seen far too many people who feel ashamed of the joy they feel after their demanding "charge" has past on and I've gotten in far too much shit for vocalizing their sentiments for them. Oh and I've seen the toll that caring for a complete bitch or asshole can take on someone. It's not right.

3. Keep and open mind:

The primary reason for this is that I believe that being closed minded leads to an earlier on set of mental decline. However an obvious reason for keeping an open mind is that life is not stagnate. Life is ever changing. If you refuse to adapt you soon become obsolete. I'm not saying jump on every bandwagon I'm just saying adapt to life around you. Also it helps with cultivating pleasant relationships with younger people. I for one get tired of hearing people tell me everything my generation does is evil because they do things different in then in the "good old days".

Okay that's that for now. Maybe I'll have other things to add later.