The suffering is in the mind. The mind. In the mind. Witness it. From your spiritual heart.
Old age spiritualizes people naturally
We reap in age what we have sown, in our values, all along the way.
If you think you are enlightened; go home for Thanksgiving.
I think that people should give gifts by really recognizing the spiritual worth of the person and their (the givers') own worth. You usually give a present that the other person needs or wants, and I think it just emphasizes wants and needs.
The art of life is to stay wide open and be vulnerable, yet at the same time to sit with the mystery and the awe and with the unbearable pain - to just be with it all.