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In reply to the discussion: Is 70 old? [View all]bronxiteforever
(11,212 posts)Orange Nero is incapable of reflection and his age is a sore spot because it reminds him of his mortality. It is all dust except love. He is a man that hates passionately but has no room for the wisdom of age or the simple understanding that we are all fellow passengers to the grave.
I turned 60 this year and I think regularly about how can I be the best person in the time remaining. I look at a variety of people in my life that are kind and generous and loving. I see that and I want to be that. It is amazingly how many heroes there are if we look around.
You can give without loving, but you can never love without giving. The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness. We pardon to the extent that we love. Love is knowing that even when you are alone, you will never be lonely again, and great happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. Loved for ourselves, and even loved in spite of ourselves. Victor Hugo, Les Miserable