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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

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    “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.”

    — Alice Walker, American Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, short story writer, poet, and social activist

    “I said, ‘Somebody should do something about that.’ Then I realized I am somebody.”

    — Lily Tomlin, American actress, writer, comedian and producer

    “I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning to sail my ship.”

    — Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist, short story writer, and poet best known as the author of the novel Little Women

    “We must stop regarding unpleasant or unexpected things as interruptions of real life. The truth is that interruptions are real life.”

    — CS Lewis, British writer, scholar, and theologian, whose work included the fantasy book series, The Chronicles of Narnia.

    “In these troubled, uncertain times, we don’t need more command and control; we need better means to engage everyone’s intelligence in solving challenges and crises as they arise.”

    — Margaret J. Wheatley, American writer, teacher, speaker, and management consultant

    “Mere longevity is a good thing for those who watch Life from the sidelines. For those who play the game, an hour may be a year, a single day’s work an achievement for eternity.”

    — Helen Hayes, a 20th-century American actress often referred to as “The First Lady of the American Theater”