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    Joan Lunden’s Happiness Plan

    Mar 27, 2020 4 minutes
    BY JOAN LUNDEN, Greenwich, Connecticut

    Y VIEWS ON AGING CHANGED forever on a trip to Morocco nearly 20 years ago with my three eldest daughters. Somewhere between riding camels in the Sahara and exploring the medina in Fez, we encountered a tribe of nomadic Bedouin sheepherders. We were invited to join them for mint tea and, as we entered one of their tents, were greeted warmly by an elderly tribeswoman. We talked through our translator, and I asked how old she was. The woman looked at me in confusion, then explained that Bedouins live by the changing of the seasons—no one knows their exact age. How old was she? It didn’t matter. That experience made me realize how much we limit and I discuss the ways we can stay healthy, happy and engaged in life as we age.

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