And as Ellen Langer says: “The more different you are from the person who wrote the rule, the more important it is for you not to follow the rule”.

But I mean...do you? Do you question your thoughts? Your biases? Your assumptions? Do you ever wonder where they came from? If they’re really yours?

Do you ever question who wrote the rules? This is the way things are ... Says who?

There’s a quote from West World that rattles around in my head more than I care to admit: “Have you ever questioned the nature of your reality?”

Albert Einstein is famously quoted as saying:

“The most important decision we make is whether we believe we live in a friendly or hostile universe.”

The question is: What do you believe to be true about yourself and the world around you? What do you want to be true about yourself and the world around you? Because these beliefs will inform your actions, and thereby inform how your entire life unfolds.

It really makes you wonder—is how we age entirely up to biology? Or is it our beliefs about aging that run the show?