WHEN ARE THE BEST YEARS OF A LIFETIME

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My dad lived into his mid 90’s, and outlived ALL of his friends. He always exercised and was mentally acute his whole life. On his 90th birthday I asked “Dad, don’t you wish you were 21 again?”. His reply was the wisdom of the ages. He said…

“No, I want to be 60 again. Those were the best years of my life. I was retired and fit and had financial freedom; all my friends were still alive.
In my 20’s I had no money and still so much toil and worry and heartache ahead of me.” I have remembered that my whole life and now, about to turn 60 myself, am really looking forward to it.”

Thanks Dad! Just one final gift you left me with, at the end of a life full of them.

Source: An article posted in http://quora.com


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