Wow. :) At 72, I have to continue to work because my social security is about $200 per month. Today, I'm going walking about - some shopping - it's a glorious summer day. We don't often get them in Ireland.

I'm alive. I've no friends to meet for coffee in this new country, but it doesn't matter. We live on a wonderful planet.

My parents 'achieved' a lot. Both were miserable. Today, nobody would recognize the names, yet in their time, they were well-known.

We value this life because it is the only life we have. We travel. We meet up with friends. We make things. We make our homes beautiful. We grow things I suspect you have never learnt to enjoy yourself.