Secret to Life? Dance, and Don't Procrastinate!

Secret to Life? Dance, and Don't Procrastinate¹!

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There is a woman named Tao Porchon-Lynch. She was born in India in 1918. So, if you do the math … she’s 97.

And at 97 years young, she has been recognized as the world's oldest yoga teacher. She has been teaching yoga, full-time², since 1967.

But that’s not all she’s done.

She’s also been a model, actress and dancer. And she is a firm believer in positive thinking. Dream the impossible dream, kind of thinker.

"I'm not interested in what I can't do. Nothing is impossible."

Tao not only talks the talk, she walks the walk. Or rather dances the dance. At age 85 she not only learned how to dance, she won dance competitions.

And she offers this advice to the young. “Don’t put off tomorrow what you can do today.”

"Don't procrastinate. Tomorrow never comes."

So, what about retirement³? At 97, she is well past the age when many people make retirement plans. Retiring, it turns out, is not Tao’s style.

"A little girl 6 years old said to me, 'Tao, what are you going to do when you retire?'”

Tao told the little girl that she has no plans to retire but instead will dance her way to the next planet.

And that’s your Feel Good for the week!

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procrastinate – v. to be slow or late about doing something that should be done : to delay doing something until a later time because you do not want to do it, because you are lazy, etc.

1 procrastinate   

v.耽搁，拖延

参考例句：

• Most often we procrastinate when faced with something we do not want to do.面对不想做的事情，我们经常拖延。
• It's easy to procrastinate when the deadline seems infinitely far away.当最终期限总是遥遥无期时是很容易延期的。

2 full-time   

adj.满工作日的或工作周的，全时间的

参考例句：

• A full-time job may be too much for her.全天工作她恐怕吃不消。
• I don't know how she copes with looking after her family and doing a full-time job.既要照顾家庭又要全天工作，我不知道她是如何对付的。

3 retirement   

n.退休，退职

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。