Thought for the Day
July 29
Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.
– Eleanor Roosevelt
– Eleanor Roosevelt
The
modern world puts a high premium on youth. By this standard, retirement
brings the freedom to take on a second career, or find fulfillment in
new hobbies, or to recapture the pleasures of youth. But the last years
of life spent in such pursuits are often full of frustrations and
regrets.
By contrast, from a spiritual perspective, the second half of life is
the natural time to turn from physical satisfactions to inner growth.
These are years of opportunity – of continued growth rather than
decline. This is the time when we need to concentrate on spiritual
development if we are to fulfill our highest potential and realize our
immortality. All the world’s religions agree that death is not the end
of life, only the end of one chapter.