“A couple of year back, as I approached my 75th birthday, I found myself obsessed and downtrodden about growing old. So many of my close friends
and associates were dying or facing serious illness. Moreover, what I will call the “diminishments” of the aging process were getting me down for sure.
Losing my hair, my physical strength, and my good vision and hearing, were thoughts dominating my mind each day. I decided to take some action to
alter my daily focus. I began to read material from various spiritual mystics 2:48 AM 10/22/2025 and write down my reflections of what I gained from the reading.
In particular, I saw that I had to decide whether my life was over or was I just beginning a new and exciting chapter in my life? Can the “last quarter” of my life be a time of new awakening instead of diminishment and decline? As it has turned out, this daily practice has totally changed my perspective with respects to the aging process.