Shawn Phillips, Well-Being - Monday, May 11, 2009 16:24 - 107512 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.success.com%2Fthe-shape-of-your-life%2FThe+Shape+of+Your+Life2009-05-11+21%3A24%3A04Shawn+Phillipshttp%3A%2F%2Fblog.success.com%2F%3Fp%3D1075

The Shape of Your Life

Whether you’re tall, short, thin, curvy or stout—whatever shape you see in the mirror—the shape your life will likely take on is much the same as every other. It rises up, arcs over and slides back down.

If you were to graph the energy and vitality of your life, it would look like a cross section of a speed bump (Figure 1). You’re born weak and helpless, and then you spend the first two decades of life growing stronger and enjoying boundless energy. There’s a leveling off as you reach a comfortable cruising altitude. Then the inevitable happens: In spite of your attempts to ignore it, the gradual decline begins. You spend the rest of your life walking the “tightrope of health,” quietly hoping and praying that you don’t slip back to weak and helpless. Continue…