What is the age of longevity? Maybe many people's reaction is to be centenary! If you can live to be a hundred years old, you can be called a long-lived old man. Actually, it is not. In 20 18 years, the average life expectancy in China is 76.34 years, and that in economically developed areas such as Shanghai is 80 years. So if you live to 80 years old, you can say that you live longer than many people, and you can be called a "long-lived old man".
The longer you live, the better?
Everyone's first reaction, of course, is that longevity is good. Longevity means being healthy and not suffering from any serious illness. It is certainly good to witness more development and changes in this world. But everything has two sides. The longer you live, the better. The longer we live, the more annoying things below may make it difficult for us to be happy.
The first thing is to face the aging body.
Longevity means facing the aging state of the body for a long time, and the functions of our body, brain and skin are gradually deteriorating. Action will become slow, the brain will become dull, hearing, vision and other aspects of functional degradation, as well as aging face, the ability to accept new things in the world decline, life needs children's care in many ways. Daily activities may be limited to eating and sleeping, and there are few activities that can be entertained.
The second thing is too lonely.
The longer a person lives, the more lonely he may be. When we live a long life to a certain age, maybe our relatives around us will slowly leave us and our friends around us may no longer exist. Without communication, we may feel very lonely Many long-lived old people on TV are always alone, and young descendants are busy with their own lives and can't take care of themselves. However, for the elderly, new things are hard to accept. There is nothing to do every day, and entertainment activities are rarely done. Without friends to communicate, I always sit at home alone. I believe many people don't like this feeling at all.
The third thing is to face the departure of relatives too much.
Generally speaking, few people live long. The longer they live, the more times they will face and where you will go. It may be hard to accept the pain that relatives around us have left us one by one. The age gap between children and parents is mostly 20%. If they live to 100 years old, but their children leave us first, I believe this psychological pain is unacceptable to many people.
How old is the happiest person?
I don't know if you have read Mr. Ba Jin's book Home, in which the greatest hope is to live to 80 years old. In fact, in Bian Xiao's view, reaching the average life expectancy and living to over 80 years old will be very happy. At this age, we can take care of ourselves, and we can almost complete ordinary activities by ourselves. In addition, at this time, most of our descendants have grown up and can even live under one roof for four generations. Living to the age of 80 has also witnessed the world changes for more than half a century, and the experience is enough.
In fact, the pursuit of life is not length, but depth. It's good to ask for a long life, but we should also be measured. If we can live every day well, exercise, enrich the spiritual world, cherish the time with friends and family, and make our daily life full of meaning, live with more dignity and be happier, I believe that such a life is more attractive to everyone than a simple longevity. So how long do you think it is to be happy to live? Let's share our views on life.