Aging

Age is more than a number; it's a fact. "Getting Old" is a limiting mindset you can outgrow when you stop using comparison.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Aging 

The Grasshopper must have been feeling his youthful oats when he left this on my mental doorstep: “If you define aging by comparison, you’ll feel old.”

True Confession: I was offended by all the “old” references when I turned 50. The “over-the-hill cards” and the “funny” aging references gave me a peek into the psyche of others and how they viewed aging. It never matched up with my ideas on the topic.

Aging is a process; “getting old” is a mental construct.We age every day. It seems that “getting old” is a mindset that goes on steroids when we get into using comparison as barometer.

I can’t run as fast as I could when I was 20. That’s a fact. But when you compile all the comparative facts, you paint a picture that’s opposite of Dorian Gray. That picture then serves as your dim light of possibility.

Rather than compare, just be where you are. When I’m just here doing whatever I’m doing, I’m not caught up in reflection on how much I’ve aged since then. When you get immersed in what you’re doing, the furthest thing from your mind is that you’re too old to be doing it.

I’m not going to dive off an 80 foot cliff like I did when I was a kid, but I’m not going to avoid the diving board at the swimming pool either. I do what I do when I can do it and that's rewarding for me, instead of lamenting that I’m not what I used to be.

If you're a fan of comedian/actor Eddie Murphy, you’ll probably admit that he's not the hottest stand-up comic he used to be, but he’s still funny.

Other older comedians who attempt to recreate their old routines and put them on display appear old and tired. Those that just do what they do now still have a following. Look at the recent series “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.” Jerry Seinfeld in this series is not recreating the Seinfeld Show; he’s just doing what he does now.

You can be trite and say, “Oh, age is just a number” but it’s more than that; Getting old is a mindset – one that’s built on comparison.

When you just do what you do and don’t take the time to compare it to what you used to do, you'll feel alive in the moment and that never gets old.

All the best,

John