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You sound like a tough person.

I’m 56 and pretty damn afraid of growing old(er).

Heartening to read about someone who put up the good fight.

NOT heartening that you have suffered.

But heartening that you didn’t cower and fold.

That’s gotta be TOUGH to do!

Thanks for the example.

If your mission was to prepare some others for the journey and let them know that faith and toughness will see them through, then you succeeded.

Thank you for believing in yourself. The biggest adjustment that I had to make (and I think that anyone getting older), is that at some point, you have to give up your old life, and embrace your new life. If you were an athlete, then you will not be able to do what you did when you were younger. Take stock of what you have. Listen to God’s voice and ask him continuously to give you a new mission. You might have to learn to hear His voice. For instance, if you are confined to a wheelchair, then you can still have the mission of trying to encourage other wheelchair-bound folks. Or, you can decide to read to younger folks at the library. It doesn’t matter what it is if you learn to put your hands in God, and understand that the little things that you can do might be the greatest thing that you have ever done. The biggest thing is NEVER GIVE UP. You are still here for a reason, even if you are in pain or cannot fathom why God has done this to you. You always have value. That is why I ask, nearly everyday, that God give me a mission and the strength to do it, or I am ready to go with Him. Like the old Beluchi movie, “I am on a mission from God”. And I will succeed, even if the mission is to go to the World to Come. So many folks on this forum have resigned themselves to wait until Jesus raptures them out of this miserable world. Don’t wait for Him, get busy and figure out your mission in this world, while you still can..and get busy!