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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “You can’t turn back the clock. But you can wind it up again.”

    — Bonnie Prudden, American physical fitness pioneer, expert rock climber, and mountaineer

    “Friendship is a wildly underrated medication.”

    — Anna Deavere Smith, Award-winning American actress, playwright, author, and professor

    “Becoming a grandmother is wonderful. One moment you’re just a mother. The next you are all-wise and prehistoric.”

    — Pam Brown, Contemporary Australian Poet

    “Many of us have been running all our lives. Practice stopping.”

    — Thich Nhat Hanh, known as “The Father of Mindfulness,” Renowned Buddhist Monk, Peace Activist, and Author who profoundly influenced the Western practice of Buddhism. He died this past week at the age of 95

    “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”

    — Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize-Winning African American Baptist Minister, and Civil Rights Advocate and Icon

    “If I’m remembered for having done a few good things, and if my presence here has sparked some good energies, that’s plenty.”

    — Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Pioneering Black Actor Who Recently Died At The Age Of 94