THE LAST QUARTER

A couple of year back, as I approached my 75th birthday, I found myself obsessed and downtrodden about growing old. So many of my close friends and associates were dying or facing serious illness. Moreover, what I will call the "diminishments" of the aging process were getting me down for sure. Losing my hair, my physical strength, and my good vision and hearing, were thoughts dominating my mind each day. I decided to take some action to alter my daily focus. I began to read material from variou