Wisdom from Harry

"Once, before it became the rage to live life to the fullest and always think young, it was simply understood that you had obligations in life and you met them. This gave daily existence both its rhythm and its larger meaning. In fact, it was presumed that your primary purpose on earth was biological, seeing to it that your kids grew up to be responsible adults in turn. What you did to earn a living--or whether you were fulfilled--didn't matter a damn. Yet here's the irony: by such a process (though the fact was probably never remarked upon), chances are you WERE fulfilled, likely far more deeply than most today who so aggressively inhabit the present."

-- Harry Stein, How I Accidentally Joined the Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (and Found inner Peace)