Being a senior doesn't automatically make one wise but the wise & foolish alike have things to teach us.
Patience lives in the gap between our experience of an event and our response to that experience.
Thoughts, words, emotions & deeds not coming from love are likely coming from fear.
You cannot control the results, only your actions.
Accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity.
Don't believe everything you think. Thoughts are just that - thoughts.