We all know what way we are heading and whether we like it or not we are all going to die at some point. Since the dawn of man (or short thereafter) we have tried to keep death and old age at a distance. An ancient myth talked about the fountain of eternal youth and similar stories have been told time and time again.

Stories about how to keep one from growing old have passed from generation to generation and even today we are spending billions and billions trying to fight it. Some do it by surgery and some try to cover it up with cosmetics. But solutions are only temporary and expensive and I believe that there are better ways to go about it.

I believe that there are a few essential elements to a happy, energetic and perfect life when you are getting closer to your life's end. Several independent studies have shown these to be true time and time again.

1) Make sure that your body has the best possible building blocks for its cells regeneration which takes place every single day. A cell creates a copy of it self and as we all know it is not possible to create a copy that is better than the original and therefore we need to take extremely good care of your body's cells. The regeneration of cells is actually the very thing of ?growing old?. Each new copy is a little bit less than the previous one and over time we get ?older?. Our muscles become weaker, our faces become wrinkled and our organs are not performing at their best.

Therefore it is so critically important that you get good nutrition as soon as possible. Don't put it out by saying ?I'll start eating healthy tomorrow?. News Flash ? Tomorrow Never Comes! For the sake of your own wellbeing you need to start today.

2) You might have guessed it already. Exercise is also a very important part of maintaining your health and vitality which is what keeps the feeling of aging at a distance. I'm not talking extensive exercise where you run marathons or swim for miles and miles. Most people think that it requires a lot of time an effort to do the exercise but in reality that is just a bad excuse. The only thing is takes is consistency and 15-30 minutes a day. Go for a 30 minute walk around the block or run in the park for just 15 minutes. You don't even have to do it full speed. The trick is to do it daily.

If you haven't exercised for years then don't worry. Start with 5 minutes a day and slowly increase. Just 5 minutes a day and EVERY DAY will do wonders for your health if you haven't done any exercise for years.

3) Final step of the three step process is to enjoy life and have gratitude. Be grateful for what you already have and start focusing on it consistently. By shifting your focus from what you don't have to the things that you already enjoy will give you an immense amount of energy and a state of happiness.

Have a look at the old folks that are always smiling. What do you thing they do on a daily basis? Do you think they focus on the things in the past that didn't work or are they grateful for the life they have lived and the life that they are still living? Studies have shown that the people that get to live the longest are people that have been happy on an ongoing basis. They enjoy life and therefore they aren't letting it go that easily so to speak.

Follow these three steps and you will experience a change in energy, emotion and daily happiness. You will keep the aging process at a much slower pace and you will live a life filled with all the good things that a life should have.