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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “It annoys me when people say, ‘Even if you’re old, you can be young at heart!’ Hiding inside this well-meaning phrase is a deep cultural assumption that old is bad and young is good. What’s wrong with being old at heart, I’d like to know? Wouldn’t you like to be…

    — Susan Moon, an American writer, editor, and teacher of Zen Buddhism. Her books include This Is Getting Old: Zen Thoughts on Aging with Humor and Dignity and Alive Until You’re Dead: Notes on the Home Stretch

    “What counts in life is not the mere fact that we have lived; it is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.”

    — Nelson Mandela, Pioneering South African Anti-Apartheid Activist and the First Black President of South Africa

    “You will always miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” 

    — Wayne Gretzky, Former Canadian ice hockey player, considered to be one of the all-time greatest players in the National Hockey League

    “When you lose someone you love, they never really leave you. They just move into a special place in your heart.”

    — Catherine O’Hara, Canadian comedic actress known for her roles in such classic movies as Home Alone, Best in Show, and the hit television show, Schitt’s Creek. O’Hara died this past week at the age of 71

    “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”

    — Anne Frank, a young Jewish child hidden from the Nazis in the Netherlands, whose diary of her time spent hiding was discovered, providing a remarkable view of her life and thoughts during the occupation. She died in a concentration camp in 1945

    “When I was younger, I could remember anything, whether it happened or not; but I am getting old, and soon I shall remember only the latter.”

    — Mark Twain, the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens, a Missouri-born author, essayist, and humorist known for his satirical wit, humorous prose, and vivid characters