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From the lens You're Only As Old As You Feel.

  • Big_Joe May 25, 2012 @ 5:20 pm | delete
    Very inspiring and nice lens, well done. :) ... or better yet... ;)
  • AgingIntoDisability Apr 22, 2012 @ 9:20 pm | delete
    It's always mind over matter.
  • grafixart Apr 22, 2012 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    Great lens...all about how we see and think about ourselves...more work to be done!
  • Wedding_Mom Apr 10, 2012 @ 1:11 am | delete
    Young at heart.
  • KateHon Apr 9, 2012 @ 3:16 pm | delete
    Harmony, the tabby, tells me every day in her purrrr-speak that I look great to her and that makes me feel great! This lens helped me feel great, too! Well done!!
  • michaelangelas Mar 30, 2012 @ 11:21 am | delete
    Great!!!
    It's so nice to be asked!
    Also, I just wanted to say hello!!!
    This is such a amazing group!!!
    xoxo
    Angela
  • michaelangelas Mar 30, 2012 @ 11:19 am | delete
    I so agree!!!
    Acting young, can keep you young!
    Taking care of yourself can't hurt either.
    I always wear a hat when outside, much to the kids dismay...
    In the pool, I have sunglasses and my BIG hat on...and I swim like that!!!!
    Whatever works ...right???

    xoxo
    Angela
  • Steve_Kaye Mar 28, 2012 @ 7:29 pm | delete
    I spend a lot of time being four years old. Of course, people laugh when I tell them that "I'm four" because I look too tall.
  • bobbala Jan 17, 2012 @ 5:29 pm | delete
    I love this lens! It has made me change my thoughts.
  • flicker Jan 12, 2012 @ 8:53 pm | delete
    I'm feeling good after reading your lens! :) Very well done. I enjoyed the humor, especially.
  • colleen_w Dec 11, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | delete
    I always say that I have the "Peter Pan Complex" and that I will be 21 forever!!! Great lens...
  • nikosgr Nov 27, 2011 @ 1:48 pm | delete
    I feel great because i have learned something very wonderful:We become what we think about!!!
    Great lens and thanks for sharing!!!
    Be always well!!
  • wrinklestudent Oct 19, 2011 @ 10:35 am | delete
    I agree. I wish I looked as young as I felt. I feel like I'm still in college.
  • SoonerOrLater Oct 9, 2011 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    Great! I know I'm a boomer, but I still feel like I can disco! Nice lens.
  • jksterling Oct 7, 2011 @ 10:52 pm | delete
    I love this lens too. In my mind I'm around 26, there are times when walking in front of store windows I see the reflection and wonder who the overweight bald guy is with my wife.
  • bunyip Sep 29, 2011 @ 3:44 pm | delete
    Love this lens. I have just turned 60 and the body is starting to fall apart but my mind says I'm still young. I really feel the same as in my 20's (apart from a few aching joints etc).
  • ShushiDenMaster Sep 29, 2011 @ 11:53 am | delete
    Beauty is devine, and divine is eternal, we all seem to have that in us. Those of the good book are well into a ripe age, yet many seem not a day older from yesteryears. It's not that they are on a virtual video loop and are well preserved, it's the little things that keep all of us the same, the little things we seem to overlook, the divine truth and all it's beauty.
  • Mia-Mia Sep 28, 2011 @ 2:11 pm | delete
    This lens should be required reading for all! Hi, Susan, as part of my first challenge lens for the Fall, 2011 RocketMoms session, I must list several good RocketMoms lenses. I have chosen to list this one on my lens. I just wanted you to know. Thanks for a great uplifting lens.
  • tokyonights7 Sep 26, 2011 @ 9:36 am | delete
    About my age, I suppose! Though when I work full time, I tend to feel a lot older. (Anyone familiar with the "heading to bed at 9 p.m. routine because you're so tired"? Yeah. I thought so!)
  • IdeaCenter Sep 24, 2011 @ 11:46 am | delete
    Thanks for your encouraging lens! As time goes by, I keep realizing that I'm now the age my parents were at different points in the past. I remember thinking they were so old, but I don't feel old. ;) Physical age is what it is, but mental and emotional age are what you want them to be.
  • dvpwli Sep 16, 2011 @ 10:51 pm | delete
    Dear Susan, You have right skill how to represent content and images on Lens, I really like your lenses due to this reason. Thanks
  • SteveMartaindale Sep 11, 2011 @ 8:56 pm | delete
    It surprises me often to think of my actual age. I fall right in place with friends who are 20-30 years younger. Well, until strenuous physical activity comes into play or they begin talking about the Clinton Administration as being ancient history. Great lens.
  • poddys Sep 7, 2011 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    I really enjoyed this lens, and it's true, you are only as old as you feel. I think this gets to be far more important as you get older. Off to feature this on my Baby Boomer Jokes lens, and I also left a blessing behind.
  • MaxReily Sep 6, 2011 @ 9:43 pm | delete
    Delightful lens! It often comes as a shock to me that I'm 63. I really enjoyed this, and I love Maxine. Since that's actually my name, friends have been known to wonder if she's based on me.(I'm accused of having the same attitude!) Loved this!
  • jopalei Aug 31, 2011 @ 11:38 pm | delete
    My mind? The older I get, the sharper the image.
    My body? The older I get, the better I was.
  • PattiHale Aug 30, 2011 @ 11:34 am | delete
    I'm 60 but I feel 50 lol!
  • FlaminCatDesigns Aug 22, 2011 @ 9:39 pm | delete
    Excellent! Some days I feel a lot younger that I am, and some days it swings the other way.
  • d-artist Aug 22, 2011 @ 5:47 pm | delete
    Great lens! Although I have the aches and pains for my age, my head and thoughts have not caught up...so in actuality I don't feel my age.
  • EMangl Aug 19, 2011 @ 6:56 pm | delete
    Does my profile picture counts as answer ?
  • Tolovaj Aug 17, 2011 @ 9:52 pm | delete
    You are right. We rarely feel the same old as we really are. Right now i feel like a teenager, but I am glad I am not a teenager anymore. Makes sense? Thanks for your lens!
  • wordstock Aug 13, 2011 @ 9:34 am | delete
    I don't own fancy clothes and wear jeans and t-shirts. I am raising a grandson and do not have time to be old. Sometimes I forget and am appalled when I look in the mirror. Oh well, I have multicolored stripped socks with toes and I don't care. Great lens. Angel blessed.
  • thrivingmom Aug 5, 2011 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    I found this lens at the perfect time. I'm in the middle of a very positive lifestyle change. I had 3 back to back pregnancies, all with bed rest. I ended up lazy and huge! At 35 years old I found myself overweight and no energy to keep up with my 3 toddlers. I felt like I was in my 40's. I started exercising and eating healthy and now I feel better than I did at 29! For me, a strict exercise routine has been the key to my feeling younger. =)
  • Waxing-Lyrical Aug 3, 2011 @ 10:32 am | delete
    We used to change up the phrase a little to "you're only as old as the woman (or man) that you feel" LOL!

    Sending you and yours my very best wishes!
  • lisadh Aug 1, 2011 @ 4:19 pm | delete
    I love the "age is an issue of mind over matter" T-shirt. I agree!
  • dannystaple Jul 31, 2011 @ 10:12 am | delete
    I surprise people by playing with my daughter as if I was a similar aged playmate (with obviously a bit more sense about what's going and so on). My wife observed that I am a big kid - I love my Lego, I love playing with things just to figure them out, so when playing with my kids, I still can put myself in the same mindset - not quite as carefree though - but I try. Captcha today: delightful.
  • mulkurnia Jul 31, 2011 @ 4:17 am | delete
    I agree that aging is a sate of mind. If you think that you are young at heart, then it does not really matter whether you are 40, 50 or even older.
  • OhMe Jul 30, 2011 @ 1:50 am | delete
    My mind feels much younger than my body
  • lbrummer Jul 29, 2011 @ 4:56 pm | delete
    Reading is one exercise that I really enjoy. I could really like that writer, Susan Deppner, she seems to know what I'm feeling.
  • jptanabe Jul 29, 2011 @ 9:31 am | delete
    Love it! I think I'll buy myself one of those striped hoodies for my birthday!
  • AgingIntoDisability Jul 17, 2011 @ 5:30 pm | delete
    This is a great lens for those of us of a certain age. Thank you!
  • Spook Jun 25, 2011 @ 2:21 pm | delete
    Just popping back as I'm feeling very old, what with all my children now being adults?
  • Jun 19, 2011 @ 8:01 pm | delete
    I related so much to the things you said in this lens. Lately I have been feeling my age physically as far as a few joint aches. But inside I feel just as young as ever. I don't see that that will ever change. Or at least, I hope not.
  • Bea_Gabrielle Jun 9, 2011 @ 2:53 am | delete
    Thanks for creating this very entertaining lens. I love that story about the lady in pink. :-)
  • marckq May 21, 2011 @ 3:27 am | delete
    Hi, you brightened my day. I enjoyed reading. Thanks a lot.
  • JJNW May 20, 2011 @ 2:08 am | delete
    This is wonderful! I needed to read this and I thank you very kindly!
  • golfspice May 17, 2011 @ 4:06 am | delete
    What a coincidence finding this lens today. Just returned from a weekend baby boomer reunion, our 32nd in fact. The minds and wit were as strong as ever, but aging bodies sometimes struggled to keep up - Salisbury cathedral was very impressive though and not too far to walk! - I think our disco days have gone.
  • oztoo Apr 8, 2011 @ 9:21 pm | delete
    Feeling pretty good actually. The mind sure does play a big part in how anyone feels. Lensrolled back to my Over The Hill lens.
  • javrsmith Mar 30, 2011 @ 8:17 pm | delete
    Feeling pretty good. Squidoo lens writing is good for the mind.
  • Philippians468 Mar 29, 2011 @ 10:17 pm | delete
    lovely lens! everything begins in our minds! cheers
  • DaveStone13 Mar 22, 2011 @ 4:55 pm | delete
    Great, but by this criteria, my age changes by the day, maybe several times a day.

    I love your take on this, and it's true that your mind doesn't change. Loudon Wainwright has a great song about aging: The S**t Song. That's what he thinks he looks like. Very funny.

    Anyway, I am lensrolling to my Best New Year's Resolution ever. The resolutions was: change your mind.
  • TwoDogHouse Mar 4, 2011 @ 9:50 am | delete
    It's hard to age gracefully especially if on the inside you feel like you are somewhere south of 50. My hair is now totally gray and if I didn't have a mirrow I would never believe it. You are only as old as you feel. I'm happy to report that my grandchildren think of me as the grandma that can run! What a great lens, you rock!
  • Carmel_Aaron Feb 17, 2011 @ 10:42 am | delete
    I love this lens. Of course I am a woman of a 'certain age.' I can see why there is a Purple Star gracing this page. Now I want to add a little Angel Dust to it. Great material. Loved the story about the woman in pink, although if you changed the color to purple-it would be me.
    Thumbs up....
  • ShareTer Feb 13, 2011 @ 9:08 am | delete
    Wow! AWESOME lens. I'm a fan of the Mark Twain quote, too. Great options for reading, movies and most of all, thinking positively about life! Thank you!
  • BalanceByDesign Jan 13, 2011 @ 3:48 pm | delete
    As usual, Susan, a great and fun lens. As a baby boomer myself, I relate totally to everything you wrote!
  • mgassistant Jan 5, 2011 @ 6:58 am | delete
    Cool lens! Thinking positive is one key!
  • wordstock Jan 1, 2011 @ 8:51 am | delete
    New year, time to change the thoughts on aging which I totally dislike. Thanks for the info. Angel blessed.
  • ajgodinho Dec 22, 2010 @ 11:34 am | delete
    Yeah, age is just a number and I don't pay much attention to it the more that number climbs ;) ~ I've always felt younger than my age and most people say I look 10 years younger than my age. I enjoyed reading your lens! **Blessed by a Squid-Angel**
  • totally_radically_awesome Dec 13, 2010 @ 7:01 am | delete
    OOH! I love this. I am going to scroll down the page and- Anyway how true it is. I hear somewhere in California people ages eighty and up can run marathons or at least are fit enough that they don't have creeking bones. I do not think age matters when it comes to fitness when I am 'old' I'll be able to run as many miles as I want to or at least work up to fitness. I'll probably be fit by then though.

    How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were? Well for starters you would not be old at all. If you weren't registered by the government, if you birth was not resigersited in any government in the world and you could not get a birth certificate I doubt that you would ever have any evidence that you were any age at all.

    If you had no proof of your age you would not be able to assume that you were old and dying, with an aching back. You couldn't blame your poor health on an unknown age if you did that would be decieving yourself because you wouldn't know your age.

    What if you didn't have evidence of your age and you were as healthy and as fit as a 20 year old?
  • magicgeniewishlist Dec 3, 2010 @ 6:19 pm | delete
    How true is it, I was just talking about this the other day. I have an aunty that is 78. She is fantastic... my idol! She looks after 5 kids at her home once a week (kind of like day care) she goes on bike riding holidays all the time, she just came back from riding accross Europe for 2 months, she is fitter than I am!!! Then, my mother-in-law is 63. My husband refers to her as having one foot in the grave! She's too old for this, and to old for that. Love her just the same, she is fantastic! But it just shows it's how you feel inside that counts. Great lens.
  • lasertek Oct 21, 2010 @ 7:55 pm | delete
    I'm feeling older. I do feel aches and pains after a hard days work. I become grumpy at times. But I try my best to feel young by doing the things that I love.
  • Oct 11, 2010 @ 2:12 am | delete
    Great lens! I completely agree, you are the age you act, and on the inside we're all twenty five. I'm knocking on 50's door but I feel better and more confident now than at any other stage in my life. I love ageing it's good for the soul.
  • termit_bronx Oct 9, 2010 @ 5:41 am | delete
    I'm 23 but friends give me 19 :D I feel young all the time! Your lens is great and true.
  • whitemoss Sep 17, 2010 @ 4:24 am | delete
    I love this lens. Revisted and blessed by an Angel, and added to my Angel lens.
  • Pukeko Sep 16, 2010 @ 7:52 pm | delete
    I am feeling old today, but that's ok, it allows to be lazy and sit at the computer longer. Maybe i will be young tomorrow :)
  • GabrielaFargasch Sep 4, 2010 @ 9:06 pm | delete
    Well I just turned 39 and unfortunately the mirror doesn't lie........... My hair is going very gray, my eyes are looking tired, my body is rounding up in the middle, my voice is changing, my legs hurt when I stand on my feet for too long, 20 year old guys don't look at me anymore, (even though I look at them......), I can't stay up much after 11pm and my daughter tells me I look 80................................ I guess I'm having a bit of hard time getting old...........
  • mich1908 Sep 3, 2010 @ 11:58 pm | delete
    Truth is I'm feeling a bit jaded but I perked up upon reading your lense. I like the quote by Mark Twain. Sometimes I worried about age-appropriate dressing but now it doesn't matter to me what others think. Most important, we have to take care of our health.
  • kajohu Jul 19, 2010 @ 1:58 pm | delete
    I just turned 55, and I was commenting to my mother that I still feel like I should be 35. (Except I have wrinkles and sags that most 35 year olds just don't have!) She's often said the same thing -- she's almost 80, but feels much younger, and spends time with younger people, since other people her age just sit around (she says). She definitely doesn't sit around!
  • 4U2C May 24, 2010 @ 8:31 am | delete
    I agree - I was so glad to see this! I am almost 60, but feel 18. My late mother was always telling me to "act my age", whatever that is supposed to mean! My dad is 93½ years old; he doesn't know what it means, either! Kudos!
  • JoanneOtt Apr 25, 2010 @ 11:12 pm | delete
    Love your lens and your attitude. You are right also that creating squidoo lenses are good brain exercise. We really are as old as we feel.
  • nelabai Apr 25, 2010 @ 10:49 am | delete
    That's right everyone knows people that are "too old for their age". That's a great lens.
  • whitemoss Apr 21, 2010 @ 12:56 pm | delete
    Feeling younger every day- must be the excercise Squidoo is giving my brain!
  • NaturalMindset Apr 20, 2010 @ 9:07 pm | delete
    I love this lens & am featuring it on Funny Birthday Quotes to Make the Day Happier!
  • vanidiana Mar 25, 2010 @ 8:46 pm | delete
    When I get there, I hope I'll feel the way you feel it now :).
  • MsSnow4a Mar 24, 2010 @ 3:54 pm | delete
    great lens, i feel about 25 I hope thats a good thing lol
  • Spook Mar 24, 2010 @ 10:48 am | delete
    As per usual, another masterpiece. I wish I could stop thinking that I'm actually younger than I think.
  • Carmel_Aaron Mar 22, 2010 @ 12:19 pm | delete
    Susan, I love this.

    I wonder why-could it be my age?

    I feel impelled to do something to compliment it, and I do have an idea.

    5 Stars to you.
  • ElizabethJeanAllen Mar 20, 2010 @ 6:15 am | delete
    As I get older I tend to exercise my brain more than my caboose.
    Great lens and Congratulations on your purple star!
    Lizzy
  • purplelady Mar 19, 2010 @ 10:24 pm | delete
    purplelady loves purple stars, Maxine and Albert Einstein quotes. Super job with this lens. I try to write about aging issues as well. Would love to have you comment on my Monkey Brains debate about being pro-aging vs. anti-aging.
    http://www.squidoo.com/weneedtobepro-agingvsanti-aging
    I have always felt that I am a certain age inside than anything that happens to me on the outside.
    5 aging attitudes, 1 aging fave and several socials.
  • Norma_Budden Mar 19, 2010 @ 2:39 pm | delete
    I'm feeling happy that you got another purple star!

    I'd love it if you would submit your purple star lenses to http://www.squidoo.com/purple-star-awards-3

    Thanks and congrats!
  • Joan4 Mar 16, 2010 @ 10:47 am | delete
    Congratulations on that beautiful purple star!
  • Tipi Mar 15, 2010 @ 8:00 pm | delete
    As I get older and don't get as much exercise I'd like, I find that 3/4 sleeves make me feel more comfortable out in public. Other than that its hard to keep cloths on this old lady. ~ I had a professor that spoke in class one day, that we tend to have a younger picture of ourselves as we get older, he said he saw himself at about age 25 and was shocked every time he looked in a mirror. ~ I understand what he was saying very well.

    Great lens and well deserving a Purple Star Award. ~ Congratulations! x
    Susie
  • tandemonimom Mar 12, 2010 @ 11:36 am | delete
    Back to return your lensroll to my grandmother's 100th birthday lens!
  • Rewards4life Mar 12, 2010 @ 11:28 am | delete
    I've seen a show recently, where they placed 4 people over age 75 in a one house, and ask them to stay there for a week. Nothing unusual, right? This house was completely separated from the "real world", and everything inside as well as the TV channels were made in the 50's (the time when these men were teenagers) After one week, the scientist who organized that experiment also run some medical test. And guess what, they all felt better, also their eyesight and hearing improved! I was shocked. After only one week, so many improvements. It makes you wonder, other people and your environment, how all this can affect your body. I really enjoyed your lens, Susan. Positive thinking, it's my secret. Marta
  • KimGiancaterino Mar 12, 2010 @ 10:47 am | delete
    My 96-year-old neighbor Rose is a wonder. She always wears bright colors and has make-up on, even in the morning. She has a busy social life and walks down our hill to go grocery shopping, to her bridge club, and to Bingo at church. Puts me to shame! Oh, and the people who run the free senior shuttle don't believe she's in her 70s, let alone her 90s. They think she's trying to pull a fast one and get out of paying a quarter.
  • Treasures-By-Brenda Mar 4, 2010 @ 11:56 am | delete
    Oh, Susan, you had to ask that question today, didn't you!?! I'm usually 29 (LOL) but today I am headachy and tired. Hoping that I'm not getting the nasty cold that has taken everyone else in my family down...Anyway, don't want to rain on your page. I am not as old as I feel today, but ordinarily I am quite young.

    LOVE this page!
  • Joan4 Mar 4, 2010 @ 10:59 am | delete
    What fun!! And yep I am headed to old age kicking, screaming and protesting. In my head, I am 35. Who is that old lady in my mirror and how did she get in there? I think after reading this that I simply must have a 100% pink or purple outfit! Next on my list I will read The List! This is a super fun lens and I have enjoyed every single part of it! Lensrolling to all my senior lenses right now!
  • tandemonimom Mar 4, 2010 @ 10:55 am | delete
    Love it, love it! Great lens, and I am ROFLOL at the 7 Dwarfs of Menopause shirt! TOOOOO funny!
  • Shelly Sep 21, 2009 @ 10:19 am | delete
    This is delightful from start to finish--I had one smile after another as I read through and could picture the scenerios becuse we all have been there. Our grass may whither and our flower fade and that can be a shock from time to time as we catch ourselves in the mirror and our young minds wonder "when did that happen". But, in the right light, we can capture yesteryear. I don't Twitter, but you have me thinking what age I would be if I didn't know how old I am. I'd say, on my best day about 23 and on my worst right about 90! Tipi's an my Mom has always had young thinking patterns and a positive attitude which seem sto pay off--she's 82 and looks better than many 20 years younger and she still runs to the mail box, mows her lawn with a push mower exercises her brain with word find, solitaire Scrabble and reading. Mom reads through the Bible every year and talks with God all day long. Cute idea you have to exercise the brain by making a Squidoo lens.
  • CreativeArtist Jul 13, 2009 @ 9:08 am | delete
    I love wearing the clothes I pick out. Glad to meet someone else who does the same.
  • StrangeConversation Apr 12, 2009 @ 6:55 am | delete
    A wonderful, uplifting lens! Well done! :)
  • JaguarJulie Apr 9, 2009 @ 9:11 am | delete
    I love wearing the color pink -- particularly HOT pink or fuchsia. Hubby will agree as he knows I'm into bright things. It's funny that I always thought I'd feel like an old foggy when I got to be my age. But, I feel weirdly almost like a teenager until I look in a full length mirror and see my --well you know what. ;) Cute lens Susan!
  • chefkeem Mar 29, 2009 @ 8:14 pm | delete
    I'm going to wear chef's pinks from now on! 5*s and some sparkly sauce... :-)
  • stargazer00 Mar 29, 2009 @ 2:23 pm | delete
    Yeah! That's it. That's why I make lenses on squidoo. It's good brain exercise. I forgot there for a minute.
    I would have loved to see the Lady in Pink. Maybe you'll run into her again.

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Susan52

To the chagrin of her loving family, Susan52 loves acting (and dressing) as young as she feels. Fortunately, she's old enough to get away with it!

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