Solid wisdom from Bertie, except for: “I never do anything whatever on the ground that it is good for health, though in actual fact the things I like doing are mostly wholesome.”
He must have had lots of luck... and strong genetics.
But the rest of this little essay is marvelous. It concludes:
"…make your interests gradually wider and more impersonal, until bit by bit the walls of the ego recede, and your life becomes increasingly merged in the universal life. An individual human existence should be like a river: small at first, narrowly contained within its banks, and rushing passionately past rocks and over waterfalls. Gradually the river grows wider, the banks recede, the waters flow more quietly, and in the end, without any visible break, they become merged in the sea, and painlessly lose their individual being. The man who, in old age, can see his life in this way, will not suffer from the fear of death, since the things he cares for will continue. And if, with the decay of vitality, weariness increases, the thought of rest will not be unwelcome. I should wish to die while still at work, knowing that others will carry on what I can no longer do and content in the thought that what was possible has been done."
https://www.organism.earth/library/document/how-to-grow-old
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