Start with the observation

Grey hair, fading eyesight, and diminishing physical stamina arrive unbidden as the decades roll forward.

Follow the reasoning

  1. Aging is not an unfortunate biological glitch; it is the natural sunset designed to redirect our gaze from the departing day toward the starry night.
  2. When physical strength weakens, the inner eye of contemplation and spiritual depth can grow incomparably clearer.
  3. The turning of the body's seasons whispers that our true home is not this transient station of transit.

A passage to hold beside it

“Death is a change of place, a release of the spirit, a discharge from duty; it is not execution, non-being, or extinction.” 1

Read plainly

Do not mourn the passing of youth. It is the ripe harvest of a traveler completing their assignment and preparing to return home.

Try observing this

Notice a sign of aging or change in yourself or an elder. Regard it with reverence as a coordinate of arrival.

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