I don't think that anyone can age in a conscious way and not experience grief.
God cannot do for us what he cannot do through us.
In the absence of love, we began slowly but surely to fall apart.
We must be proactive in our love in order for it to change our lives.
The purpose of our lives is to give birth to the best that is in us. It is only through our own personal awakening that the world can be awakened. We cannot give what we do not have.
My father was a deeply committed humanitarian. He was a fighter for social justice. He was spirited in the deepest sense.