The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live. — Joan Borysenko Today’s paper contains an article about a man who died at age one hundred and ten. A short time before his death, a … Read More
To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is … Read More
We grow neither better nor worse as we get old, but more like ourselves. ~ May L. Becker One morning I was walking along the riverbank. Each pebble I saw had chiseled on its face the years, months, and days … Read More
The perfection of moral character consists in this, in passing every day as the last. ~ Marcus Aurelius Our culture tries very had to deny death. We don’t say people died; rather, we say they failed, kicked the bucket, went … Read More
Let’s get down to some real lessons I have learned from the life experience of people in their nineties. When you ask ninety year olds for advice for other seniors, these are some of the answers I have heard: “Lie … Read More
To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is being … Read More
My advice for aging is actually the opposite of the title of this article. I say grow young along with me because though I know there are benefits which come with aging I want to preserve my body and my … Read More
Question for Bernie I read an article yesterday and thought of you immediately. The gist of the article was that people should die at 75, and there should be no more “efforts” to care for them after that. The author … Read More