Abstract

As the late great Mark Twain purportedly said “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” I wholeheartedly agree with him. The mind is a collective of all of our experiences. No matter what a person’s chronological age might be, it is not all-encompassing compared to one’s psychological age, which is based on their experiences. In my estimation a person’s age is not a constant. It is continually in flux shifting from moment to moment. We can feel different ages depending upon a multiplicity of experiences with individuals or interpersonal interactions. At times, we may feel like a teenager and at others beyond our years. How we feel depends upon whom you are interacting with and what factors different people tap into from our wellspring of life experiences.