The joy of aging isn’t about abandoning our youth, it’s about balancing learned wisdom with childlike wonder, grounded confidence with conscious curiosity, and innate depth with delicious delight.

British philosopher Bertrand Russell on how to grow old. (Russell wrote this at age 81 and went on to live another 16 years.)

“The best way to overcome [the fear of death]—so at least it seems to me—is to make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged... See more

I’ve noticed that my most age-fluid ( and joyful! ) friends truly understand human frailty.

And when we consistently recognize our frailty, we don’t expect a linear path, nor do we put too much of our value into something that can disappear.