The Elderly Have Weathered Enough Squalls To

I Felt That I Ostracized Myself By My Behavior, By The Past, By Living With All The Regrets Of My Mistakes, That I Sort Of Wore A Hair Shirt And Beat Myself Up Most Of The Day Thinking And Regretting Why Did I Make Such A Mistake? Why Have I Made So Many Mistakes?

For Me, Faith Means That What Is Right Will Win Out One Day. It Means That The Universe Is Not Aimless But Moves By Some Positive Design.

With Every Smell, I Smell Food. With Every Sight, I See Food. I Can Almost Hear Food. I Want To Spade The Whole Lot Through My Mouth At Mach 2. Basta!

The Elderly Have Weathered Enough Squalls To Know That This One, Too, Shall Pass. They Own The Courage To Be Original; They've Learned To Hold Their Own Values Above The Conventional Wisdom.

You Said How Strange It Was That People Were Prepared To Buy Expensive Material Objects, But When It Came To Making An Investment In Their Souls They Refused To Do So, Considering It A Monstrous Indulgence And A Waste Of Money! (58)