Now over 75, I’m experiencing my “third chapter living,” a bit more intensely. Maybe intense is not the word. Maybe with a new convergence of a slower pace and a consciousness of “remaining years,” I have simply found more purpose and more focus.
However, I was reminded at the gym today that this “prompt” of remaining years can come at any age. Striking up a conversation with a beautiful and overweight woman, persistently doing her routine on a Nautilus machine, I wondered out loud how long she had been coming and what her motivation might be. Continue reading