> > How"I don't mind getting old when I consider the alternative"ard

Hmmmmm.... (nice)

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> But mostly I like the today part. It's the one thing I can really control.

That's fun: I like that part too, but also because I cannot control it! There is nothing to be done about the past (except how you look at/use it) and (strangely in view of what I said above) the parts of the future which matter can be planned.

> And I hope you feel the same. Numbers aren't as important as the story behind them. And yours seems to be a great one.

I second that. I hope I'll be like Howard when I get that far.

julian