{"id":119609,"date":"2018-10-08T12:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-10-08T11:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=119609"},"modified":"2018-10-02T14:20:32","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T13:20:32","slug":"the-longevity-poster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2018\/10\/the-longevity-poster\/","title":{"rendered":"The Longevity Poster"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em>Rhymes for Reflection\/Research<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If we say that\u00a0older persons age\u00a0is\u00a0ripe<br \/>\ndoes it also mean that &#8220;extra years lived&#8221; Biology can&#8217;t wipe ?<\/p>\n<p>There\u00a0are stereotypes on\u00a0aging<br \/>\nLongevity is science accurately gauging?<\/p>\n<p>How can living longer\u00a0mean\u00a0living well?<br \/>\nWhat stories of compassion do the elderly tell?<\/p>\n<p>Two processes that can benefit Humanity:<br \/>\nTechnology and Longevity<\/p>\n<p>How can we live a\u00a0longer life?<br \/>\nBy avoiding\/overcoming all kinds of strife<\/p>\n<p>I wish all types of Longevity could mean\u00a0peaceful existence<br \/>\nrather than merely say that they are but biological persistence<\/p>\n<p>Why do some people say\u00a0\u201cit&#8217;s hard to grow old?\u201d<br \/>\nBecause they fail to see\u00a0Longevity as Life&#8217;s gold<\/p>\n<p>Longevity can&#8217;t be\u00a0bought<br \/>\nbut a longer life\u00a0 can be sought<\/p>\n<p>Why does Longevity call\u00a0for\u00a0creativity?<br \/>\nIt challenges the elderly to experience CREactivity<\/p>\n<p>How can Longevity help make Life sweet?<br \/>\nWhen it is traveled on as a joyful, fascinating street<\/p>\n<p>What happens when Longevity is shared by two?<br \/>\nThere are\u00a0twice as many pleasant things to\u00a0do<\/p>\n<p>By Longevity blessed, you say you\u00a0are?<br \/>\nThank GOD for making your life go far<\/p>\n<p>Some say\u00a0Longevity\u00a0can be\u00a0scientifically advanced.<br \/>\nHow can Longevity be spiritually enhanced?<\/p>\n<p>Longevity though\u00a0rhymes?<br \/>\nOur\u00a0maturIMAGINATION\u00a0climbs!<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/francisco-gomes-de-matos.jpeg\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-84401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/francisco-gomes-de-matos.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" \/><\/a><\/em><em>Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom H\u00e9lder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 <\/em>Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights)<em> and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, ABA Global Education (<a href=\"www.abaweb.org\">www.abaweb.org<\/a>). <\/em><em>He can be reached at <a href=\"fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com\">fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhymes for Reflection\/Research<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":84401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-poetry-format"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119609\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}