Superb! I’m 68 now, and the reality of being old is starting to catch up to me. I scheduled a hip replacement today, for God’s sake!

I appreciate your saying that even after years of Zen training you still, deep down, resisted accepting hitting that milestone of seniorhood. That’s called being human! And it’s honest! Nonetheless, we do come to (grudgingly) accept our new reality, and with that acceptance we can embrace the things that really matter.