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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 86 |
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Be Youthful!
Om Prakash Gupta
Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
| Date of Web Publication | 4-Mar-2016 |
Correspondence Address:
Om Prakash Gupta
Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sevagram, Wardha, Maharashtra
India
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/0971-9903.178132
How to cite this article:
Gupta OP. Be Youthful!
. J Mahatma Gandhi Inst Med Sci 2016;21:86 |
Walk, Walk, Walk
You are eighty, so what!
Challenges of age and time
Psyche and choices are sublime.
Whatever you propose
Natural forces tend to oppose
In all dimensions of our life
Continually, it needs to strive.
External obstacles,
Chaos within;
Keep up the spirit
Never to give in.
"Be youthful" is the inner dictate
No matter what says birth certificate.
Wearing down the physical reserves
Declining lung's elastic preserves
Osteoporosis of aging bones
Sarcopenia and receding tone
Failing balance down the tread
Altered DNA, mitochondria degrade.
Frailty! Combat with exercise, stretch
Yoga and meditation, relax
Prefer a walk instead of ride
Leave the lift, take a stride
Possible to sustain wisdom, cognition
Read, write, keep puzzling tradition
Keep brain's limbic system on toes
Prevents Alzheimer's, intellect grows.
Laughing with others, listening to music
Prayer for peace brings in a magic
Strengthen your soul, caring the others
Open up, empathize, love fellow brothers
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