GROWING ELDER
What does the term ‘getting older’ mean to you? Some fear it while others embrace it. Why is that? We live in a culture that worships the youth and we have been led to believe we should retire at age 65 and go play golf or garden – whatever it is, just take a back seat to the younger generation. If you think that is really true, somebody has sold you a bill of goods. Did you know that more than half of what researchers called “the world’s greatest work” was achieved by leaders, thinkers, creative people, businesspeople, and others who were age sixty or older? A third of the accomplishments of the 400 most famous people came when they were between 60 and 70 years old. A quarter came when they were 70 to 80. Some brief examples: At 100, Grandma Moses was painting, at 94, Bertrand Russell was active in international peace drives, at 91, Eamon de Valera served as president of Ireland, at 90, Pablo Picasso was producing drawings and engravings at 89, Arthur Rubinstein gav