Out of the Darkness

The science of post-traumatic growth.

by Steve Taylor

Happiness in Old Age: Why Are Those Over 70s so Happy?

By Steve Taylor on December 10, 2011 in Out of the Darkness

Don't worry about getting old - it's going to be the happiest time of your life! Read More

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Submitted by GrahamJ on December 11, 2011 - 9:37pm.

"But for many others, this process of letting go brings a new authenticity. It brings them into contact with their ‘core selves', the essence which was obscured by all of these attachments. Now that they're no longer focussed on finding happiness outside themselves, they begin to find it inside. They begin to realise that they don't actually need external things for their happiness, and find a natural contentment in simply being."

I'm now 65 and would endorse this 100%.

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Steve Taylor is a lecturer in psychology at Leeds Metropolitan University and a researcher in transpersonal psychology at Liverpool John Moores University.

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