{"id":731,"date":"2011-08-13T09:51:31","date_gmt":"2011-08-13T13:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/myhappyplace\/?p=731"},"modified":"2011-08-13T11:57:26","modified_gmt":"2011-08-13T15:57:26","slug":"act-your-age-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/myhappyplace\/2011\/08\/act-your-age-not.html","title":{"rendered":"Act Your Age! (not)"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/em>Ninety-eight-year-old Keiko Fukuda of San Francisco recently received her 10th degree black belt. This means she’s been promoted to judo’s highest level…an honor only three other people have ever attained: all men, all living in Japan.<\/p>\n

I remember when I was newly married and my 60-year-old parents announced they were moving to China to become English teachers! They spent a decade across the ocean doing something many 30-year-old people would be afraid to do. Mom claims her sixties were the best years of her life.<\/p>\n

And here I sit….two weeks in to my 40th year….contemplating how *not* to act my age ;). So far I’ve started small: I’ve been wearing my hair in piggy tails and dancing in the rain.<\/p>\n

So, tell me….are you acting your age? And why not?<\/p>\n

Click here<\/a> for Keiko’s story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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