After you have wept and grieved for your physical losses, cherish the functions and the life you have left.

The truth is, part of me is every age. I delight in being a child when it’s appropriate to be a child. I delight in being a wise old man when it’s appropriate to be a wise old man. Think of all I can be! I am every age, up to my own.

Do I wither up and disappear, or do I make the best of my time left?

If you don’t have the support and love and caring and concern that you get from a family, you don’t have much at all.

Everything that gets born dies.

For me, living means I can be responsive to the other person. It means I can show my emotions and my feelings. Talk to them. Feel with them.

All right, that was my moment with loneliness. I'm not afraid of feeling lonely, but now I'm going to put that loneliness aside and know that there are other emotions in the world, and I'm going to experience them as well.