Centenarians

As far as a personal impact on myself, from watching this documentary, I have gotten a lot out of it from the personality level.  As I said in class, most of the centenarians that still seem fairly healthy have the personality of a leader and the attitude of being independent mixed with some spunk.  This actually got me thinking about my own personality and attitude; I am more of a friendly quiet person who likes making friends and doing whatever they want to do.  When I got thinking, I thought maybe if I somehow developed a different attitude, It would lead me on that personality track towards becoming a centenarian.  Now, I know that just changing a personality is more easier said than done and that there's way more to becoming a centenarian than personality, but I believe that it does, however, play a significant role in aging.  I'm not going to change my personality, but the documentary like I said just got me thinking about what my life would and could be like if I did have a different mentality, etc.  The documentary did have many other interesting facts and points, but for some reason, I just can't get over the mentalities and personalities of these centenarians; I think it is so cool that they are still showing that attitude and that they won't take any crap from anyone.  They are over 100 years old and still standing their grounds.  This documentary leads me to believe that there is a significant source of healthy aging inside the mentalities of individuals, and that genetics alone isn't the answer.  I, being a genetics person believe that it is most of the answer, but not exactly 100%.