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Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person

Ping Wong, 92, plays mahjong at a nursing home in Voorhees, N.J., Dec. 11, 2017. Gerontologists describe the paradox of old age: that as people’s minds and bodies decline, instead of feeling worse about their lives, they feel better. As Wong said, “I try not to think about bad things. It’s not good for old people to complain.” (Edu Bayer/The New York Times)