 So what are we to do about those feelings? Well, to be encouraged, we first of all have to recognize the facts of our lives. We are aging and time is not on our side. All of us are heading for that appointment when our health completely fails. The trick is when we hear news of poor declining health that we concentrate on the good health we have had. I remember when I was told I had to have a valve changed out to live and I was upset about my bad luck. The doctor asked me, when was the last time you were in the hospital? I said, well, when I was born.