My 60's in the 90's

Responsibilities and anxieties had declined as the years greyed. In the overall scheme of living today, the main concern should be about today. Today is valuable, yesterday is gone, tomorrow doesn't exist.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1878) put it this way: "No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, then enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated of it."

This would be so much easier without the constant persuasions of marketers convincing us that we need more of what may not make us happier, and often increases out miseries. What a joy - the end of the 90's brought in another generation.