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    The Last Word

    Words of Wisdom About Aging

    Seize The Moment/Only One Life

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    “Happiness is not by chance but by choice.”

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    — Jim Rohn, American Entrepreneur, Author, and Motivational Speaker

    “The constant happiness is curiosity.”

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    — Alice Munroe, Nobel Prize-winning Canadian author who passed away this week at the age of 92.

    “The greatest potential for growth and self-realization exists in the second half of life.”

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    — Carl Jung, Renowned Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology

    “We labor into life and we labor out of life. All of us are born with life and death walking next to us.”

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    — Shelby Kirillin, An end-of-life doula based in Richmond, Virginia

    “We are all figuring it out as we go. Aging is grad school.”

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    — Anne Lamott, American novelist, non-fiction writer, and progressive political activist

    “I don’t think every old person is wise, and I don’t think you automatically get wise when you’re old. You have to want it, You have to pursue it.”

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    — Lyn Slater, Ph.D., former social work professor and fashion influencer, writer, and author of the new book, How to Be Old: Lessons in Living Boldly from the Accidental Icon