This is one of the very reflective episodes when I share with you some of my thoughts about getting older as well as life challenges in the second half of life.

In this episode I refer to the story of Eileen Kramer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UTjhx2_CIk

And her turning 109 this year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4PgbLq2PnY

I also mentioned Dashun Wang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5dQRcNtZx4

I finish the sharing with a prayer of Thomas Merton:

My Lord God,

I have no idea where I am going.

I do not see the road ahead of me.

I cannot know for certain

where it will end.

Nor do I really know myself,

and that I think I am following your will

does not mean I am actually doing so.

But I believe

the desire to please you

does in fact please you.

And I hope I have that desire

in all I am doing.

I hope

I will never do anything

apart from that desire.

And I know if I do this

you will lead me by the right road

though I may know nothing about it.

I will trust you always

though I may seem to be lost

and in the shadow of death.

I will not fear,

for you will never leave me

to face my perils alone.