Someone once traced the usual progress of ambition: “first, to be like Dad; then to be famous; then to be a millionaire; then…
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Someone once defined middle age as “the time when a man is always thinking that in a week or two he will be feeling as good as ever.” The line is light, but it lands because it is true. The body begins to remind us that each season is borrowed.
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Gentle humor that can open a talk on aging, perspective, or the slow shift from ambition to endurance.