When Are You Too Old?

When asked how it was that she has lived so long, one 91-year-oldnwoman replied, "I think God is testing the patience of my relatives." When is "too old"? At what age do we give up? At 100, Grandma Mosesnwas still painting, and Titian painted "Battle of Lepants" when he wasn98. At 93, George Bernard Shaw wrote Far­fetched Fables. At 91, Eamon de Valera served as presi­dent of Ireland. At 90, Pablo Picasso still drew and en­graved. At 89, Arthur Rubinstein gave one of his great­est recitals in NewnYork's Carnegie Hall, and Pablo Casals, at 88, still performed cellonconcerts. At 82, Winston Churchill wrote the four-volume work, A History of thenEng­lish-Speaking Peoples, Leo Tolstoy completed I Can­not Be Silent,nand Goethe, at the same age, fin­ished Faust. At 81, Benjamin Franklin engineered the diplomacy, which led to thenadoption of the U.S. Constitution. When are you "too old"? Only on the day when you truly have nothingnleft to give. And the good news is this: that day never has to arrive!