"The scars of history are not always visible, but they are always there."
The great secret that all old people share is that you really haven't changed in seventy or eighty years. Your body changes, but you don't change at all. And that, of course, causes great confusion.
The secret of happiness is to expand your interests as much as possible and to be as kind as possible to the people and things that interest you.
The reward of seeing the joy on the faces of the parents is immense.