A Grownup’S Guide to Living a Young-At-Heart Life: From the Littlest Experts Who Live It Everyday

By David Heller and Sally Melzer

A Grownups Guide to Living a Young-at-Heart Life is a whimsical and yet inspirational little book that aims to remind people of all ages of what it means to live in a free-spirited young-at-heart manner. The instruction in this lovely book is provided by children, ages four to thirteen, who sound off on how to have a youthful disposition and enjoy life all the more.

Among the subjects the children address are the following: why children are the best experts on the subjects, how adults go astray and lose their way, vivid examples of young-at-heart behavior, and graphic examples of loathsome behaviors that are decidedly not young at heart. The youngsters even reveal a Top Ten List of Young-at-Heart Behaviors, offer adults remedial steps on improving themselves and loosening up, how the genders differ on this issue, and then wax philosophical on why and how so many adults forget the lessons of childhood.

The results in this collection are funny and heartwarming and will move the reader to reflect on how they themselves might benefit from adopting some of the childrens attitudes. We can all learn a bit from children, and this charming book provides a classic example as the youngsters share their wisdom on what it means to be young at heartwhether one is five or one hundred and five!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jan 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503531048

David Heller

David Heller, PhD. is a clinical psychologist and the author of forty previous books, including many of a spiritual and religious nature. These works include: In Search Of God, The Soul Of A Relationship, When Darkness Reigned And Light Was Barely Visible (with Jared Heller), The Soul Of A Man, Talking To Your Child About God (Literary Guild Selection), Dear God: Children’s Letters To God, The Eternal Gifts Of Judaism, Just Build The Ark And The Animals Will Come, and The Kids’ Book of Prayers About All Sorts of Things (with Elizabeth Heller). Dr. Heller is a summa cum laude graduate of Harvard and received his doctorate from The University of Michigan.

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Copyright © 2015 by David Heller and Sally Melzer.

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Rev. date: 01/20/2015

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INTRODUCTION

If the reader is anticipating an optimistic book you would be correct. Being young-at-heart means many things to many people, but it most certainly means to everyone a wish to celebrate life. Franz Kafka once wrote: Youth is the ability to see beauty. Anyone who maintains the ability to see beauty never grows old. Indeed, the possibility of being young-at-heart is open to everyone, regardless of age or position in life. But what is required in practical terms to achieve and sustain a youthful perspective on life and the world?

Enter the experts. Four to thirteen year-old aficionados of exuberance and vitality, children will have much