But mostly Leland adds self-help, sprung from a single axiom: “If you want to be happy, learn to think like an old person.”PhotoThat choice is disappointing. “The good news about getting old is that there is good news,” Leland announces. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyI found myself wondering how the elders felt about having their experiences strip-mined for lessons. “The lesson of John Sorensen was that to accept death was to accept life, and to accept life was to live in joy, however dire the circumstances around you,” the book explains. But actions speak louder than anything and, in that sense, Sorensen got the final word when he died last year.

Source: New York Times March 02, 2018 16:07 UTC