Baby Boomers' humor is the one asset that doesn't need to diminish

Baby Boomers are set to get into the 'Golden Years' of failing eyesight, failing backsides, hips, knees, hands, feet, arthritic joints, and declining health.

But, it is not all bad, we now have grandchildren, who turn out to be a lot more fun than raising children. You can spoil them and then return them to their parents. Sweet revenge!

My wife and I always say that with grand-kids we get the pleasure twice - when we see the headlights coming and again when we see the taillights disappear in the dark. The reason is that we usually need about a week to recover from all that energy around us.

And of course, we start to forget. We go to the kitchen and then have to go back to the living room where we started to find out what we went to the kitchen for. I call it involuntary exercise.

But despite the failing eyesight, loss of hair on top and a proliferation of it everywhere else, there is ray of sunshine in Baby Boomers now being, or soon becoming eligible to that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow - "the Senior Discount." We now can bank, eat out, buy products and services at a 10 -15% senior discount.

I don't think that it balances out against what we all lost, or will soon be losing, but you have to agree, it's better than a 'kick in the butt.'

Humor and laughter are among the best holistic medications we can use to stave off illness, relief stress, boost the immune system and maintain a 'young perspective.'

So what do you do to maintain a 'young perspective?

Throw out all non-essential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let your doctor worry about them. That's why you pay him the big bucks.

Keep cheerful friends. The grouches suck you into their spiral of misery.

Keep learning - computer, languages, skills, crafts, whatever. Never let the brain be idle. An idle mind is the devil's workshop, and the devil's name is 'Altzheimers.'

Enjoy the simple things

Laugh often, laugh long and laugh loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

The tears happen. endure, grieve and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves. Be alive while you are alive!

Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, books, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

Cherish your health. If it's good - preserve it! If it's unstable - improve it! If it is beyond what you can improve - get medical help!

Don't take guilt trips! Take a trip to the mall - to another part of the country, to a foreign country, but not where the guilt is.

And keep smiling - everyone will wonder what you are up to.