How Old Do You Want To Grow?

"So really, the whole, hugely expensive campaign to extend life is morally neutral. Long life is good because life is intrinsically good, but a life is not a good life simply because a person isn't dead. The real quality of life is a moral quality. As I age I don't want to just be an old man, I want to be a good old man. I want to enjoy life--the joys and the sorrows--the agony and the ecstacy. I want to laugh and love and stay active and do stuff...and every now and again I guess I want to be a little bit grumpy too."


From Father Longenecker here.


"As I age I don't want to just be an old man, I want to be a good old man. I want to enjoy life--the joys and the sorrows--the agony and the ecstacy. I want to laugh and love and stay active and do stuff...and every now and again I guess I want to be a little bit grumpy too."


"I want to enjoy life..."


The other night I ate dinner with a great Christian family.  By nature, I am a loner, and the only person I want to have dinner with is my wife.  And I didn't have a good day at work.  But I decided to forget that filth and enjoy myself.  I decided to stop thinking for a few hours and just be.   


It was the best decision I had made in a while.  It is a decision I hope I can remember and bring closer to my heart.  Because it is a Christ-like decision.  


"I want to enjoy life..."