I know a 94-year-old man who is a priest and family counselor recently called back from New Jersey to Chicago where his Order is headquartered leaving behind many clients a thousand miles away.  But he’s not done.  Illnesses couldn’t stop him.  Moving away didn’t either as he conducts virtual sessions.  Oh, he’s going to be doing podcasts soon.

With him, it’s not about age as long as he feels able.  He told me he is going to die with his boots on – that, he never worries about the future because no one – even someone 80 years younger – can predict it.  And he dismisses the past because you really can’t live there.  It’s inspiring to see someone on a mission and deriving such joy from living in the now – today, this moment without regard to what the future may bring.

That attitude also helps us reduce anxiety and worry – because we have learned to get pretty good at solving problems, something many of us forget.

Time only works against you when you stop using it.

“You must live in the present, launch yourself on every wave, find your eternity in each moment.”  –Thoreau, Walden (1854)