What will I do differently?
Receiving feedback about my books always delights me. Readers are giving me two gifts. First, they took the time to read the book. And then they devote yet more time telling me what they thought about what I wrote. I get even more pleasure if they let me know how they found the book because these stories often feature surprising connections. The feedback I received from Larry is a perfect example. Larry lives in Christchurch, New Zealand and he bought You Could Live a Long Time: Are You Ready? on the advice of a friend of his who lives in Kamloops, BC. How delightful is that. Larry has given me permission to share his feedback with you. I thank him for his thoughtful and eloquent response, which touched me deeply.
Feedback from Larry
“Hope you are well and coping fine with these challenging times.
Finally, I finished reading your book yesterday and have to say that I so appreciate not only your taking the time to document, write and have your book published. I also appreciate my friend Janet, who referred your book to me.
What have I learned? What will I do differently?
Rather than try to keep myself looking and acting like a 25 y/o for the rest of my life and stop being in denial about the aging of my physical body I will embrace the wisdom that comes with the aging process and plan to make my last years as meaningful and satisfying as possible.
My end mind is to reflect on my life, once it’s over, and hopefully have no regrets while forgiving myself for not being perfect. It’s all about connecting with and supporting others with their journeys in their own lives. This requires keeping my mind sharp and my body able to support what I came here to do in this lifetime, i.e., to make a positive difference by supporting others because, as we all know, life isn’t easy.
What I want to avoid is what my 97 and 94 y/o parents said to me years ago. “We just woke up one morning and were old” and other than financially, they haven’t given much thought to their later years and this is reflected in their lack of quality of life and meaningful connections other than their/my immediate family.
I send you a big thank you for your book that was a delight to read and one that I will refer to over the years. A big thank you to Janet as well.
The journey has just started in many ways.”