ages 66 to 70
![Mohamed, 66.08What is the best age? 28When do people become old? [not asked]What makes you sad? When I'm away from my familyWhat makes you happy? When I'm with my familyWhat is the best place in the world? HomeWhat do you worry about? Everythi…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffcd3763a7fa1750fcf72fc/1613008092759-GHF2ZKC4ZKOBPQ5C0ZUX/Aging-316.jpg)
Mohamed, 66.08
What is the best age? 28
When do people become old? [not asked]
What makes you sad? When I'm away from my family
What makes you happy? When I'm with my family
What is the best place in the world? Home
What do you worry about? Everything
What do you love? Being useful to others
What is next for you? Do more education related work
What is life about? Helping others
Christine, 66.50
What is the best age? 11 because you can be a kid or an adult, the threshold of growing up
When do people become old? When they decide to become old. You're as old as you think you are. Some are old at 40, others at 90 will never get old
What makes you sad? When I disappoint myself or if I hurt others feelings unintentionally
What makes you happy? Having my grandson's arms wrapped around my neck
What is the best place in the world? My own house because I love what we created, I'm comfortable there and there are many good memories of family and friends
What do you worry about? The future, the earth sustaining itself. Afraid of what conditions future generations will have to deal with
What do you love? Getting up in the morning and welcoming a new day of life
What is next for you? I hope many years of happiness and good health. Health is so paramount to our well being and happiness
What is life about? I ask myself that a lot. Being a momentary or fleeting speck in the universe and maybe contributing to it in a positive way and leaving it in a better place because you were here.
Chandrakara, 66.50
What is the best age? How to say, young is best age, 30-50
When do people become old? Nowadays I can say nearly after 70
What makes you sad? If immediate family members pass away
What makes you happy? Any good news
What is the best place in the world? At the moment I say London because I'm living here
What do you worry about? Nothing
What do you love? To keep myself active
What is next for you? I can't say anything
What is life about? At the moment, I'm going in religious classes, life goes round and round, that's the way we have to learn something from that thing
![Victoria, 66.58 What is the best age? The 40sWhen do people become old? Whenever you feel oldWhat makes you sad? Not being able to help [my daughter] get her goals, if she's sad I'm sadWhat makes you happy? Whenever [my daughter] is happy. When…](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ffcd3763a7fa1750fcf72fc/1613008124986-7OTZUHUX3WTS59UV7KE8/Aging-319.jpg)
Victoria, 66.58
What is the best age? The 40s
When do people become old? Whenever you feel old
What makes you sad? Not being able to help [my daughter] get her goals, if she's sad I'm sad
What makes you happy? Whenever [my daughter] is happy. Whenever she's happy, I'm happy
What is the best place in the world? My country (Dominican Republic), on the beach where you don't have snow
What do you worry about? All the time about [my daughter], her safety, her health
What do you love? Only one thing, my family, my husband and daughter, my religious beliefs- not a religion, a way of believing (metaphysical)
What is next for you? Whatever's coming after what we're doing
What is life about? A way of moving forward spiritually. You get a chance to improve spiritual things, that's why you're here
Mike, 66.75
What is the best age? Awfully difficult to isolate one age. Youth/college/young single and married. Truly would not say one is better than another
When do people become old? I think that’s determined individually
What makes you sad? Watching my boys leave tomorrow. And I never outgrow that
What makes you happy? Watching my boys arrive. Having family that is healthy and getting along well
What is the best place in the world? I don't know how you'd answer that. I don't know that.
What do you worry about? The welfare of my kids (they're doing fine). You never quit worrying.
What do you love? Really nothing more than the family. Truly not a place or a thing that comes close to that from a level of importance
What is next for you? Continuing to explore, to enjoy, and to enjoy what we have and are doing
What is life about? Arriving at the conclusions we've discussed, providing inspiration and comfort to those around me so they can arrive in the way that I have.
John, 67.08
What is the best age? Over 50
When do people become old? When they stop doing things
What makes you sad? Unkindness
What makes you happy? Nature at its best
What is the best place in the world? Home
What do you worry about? Health
What do you love? My Family
What is next for you? Retirement
What is life about? Fulfillment
Barry, 67.25
What is the best age? I'd say the age I'm at now
When do people become old? When they feel old, no particular age. You can be old at any age
What makes you sad? Seeing my grandson leave
What makes you happy? When the family gets together
What is the best place in the world? At home, wherever that is
What do you worry about? Getting old and sick and losing mobility
What do you love? My family
What is next for you? Full retirement and traveling more
What is life about? Experience all facets of life and experience the world
Randy, 67.25
What is the best age? I'd say right now. Things have settled down and I'm retired
When do people become old? When they think they are
What makes you sad? A certain person in the white house and the climate
What makes you happy? Spending time with family
What is the best place in the world? That changes, I'd have to say I enjoy Ireland
What do you worry about? I guess dying in pain
What do you love? I guess life
What is next for you? That's a good question, I'm not sure, lots of things are happening
What is life about? That's not an easy one, you're here for just a short time. I guess enjoying what you have when you have it. I don't know that's a hard one
Bob, 67.83
What is the best age? 67
When do people become old? When they get ill
What makes you sad? When bad things happen to people. Like illnesses, mistreatments
What makes you happy? My family, watching the kids grow
What is the best place in the world? Home, there’s a lot of good places to go but you always want to go home
What do you worry about? Dying, as you get older you realize it’s getting closer
What do you love? My family, my wife, my kids, my grandkids
What is next for you? I don’t know what’s next. Maybe retiring and having more time to do what you feel like doing when you want to.
What is life about? The circle of life. You’re born, grow up, start a career, have kids, grow old. Hopefully you did a good job.
Thomas, 68.33
What is the best age? All of us hope the best age is yet to come. Every age has advantages and disadvantages. I think my early 50s, health was good and financially more secure.
When do people become old? When they mentally believe they are. Age is a matter of the mind and less of the body.
What makes you sad? A lot of suffering in the world and this country. Inability of us to effectively ameliorate the poverty and seeing the effect on the children.
What makes you happy? A couple of things, first when I know those that I love are happy .
What is the best place in the world? Home, we've traveled and still travel but nothing is more comfortable than home.
What do you worry about? Obviously my kids and their futures. The direction of this country, the world.
What do you love? My family, the people I work with and am close with
What is next for you? That's an uncertainty, it's a good question. But it's not stressful. Stuff will happen, it will be OK. What's next is not a burden
What is life about? Relationships- to the extent each of us can leave this world better
Pat, 68.50
What is the best age? For me it was 47
When do people become old? When they feel like it and when their body starts rotting on them
What makes you sad? Losing people
What makes you happy? Young children
What is the best place in the world? Where your family is
What do you worry about? Everything mainly well being of children and traveling (i hate flying)
What do you love? Quilting and being around people
What is next for you? I don't know
What is life about? What you make of it hopefully joy and doing good for others. Because of serving you reap unbelievable benefits.
Rahamath, 68.50
What is the best age? After 18
When do people become old? I don't know, whenever you think you're old
What makes you sad? Loneliness
What makes you happy? Being with little children
What is the best place in the world? There's no place
What do you worry about? Family
What do you love? Seeing little children
What is next for you? I don't know, no idea
What is life about? Struggle
Hasmukh, 68.67
What is the best age? When I was 21, I enjoyed my life
When do people become old? 65 (retirement age)
What makes you sad? When someone has passed away in the family
What makes you happy? My name is happy, I'm always happy
What is the best place in the world? London
What do you worry about? If somebody is sick in the family or somebody has got a problem in the family
What do you love? My Grandchildren
What is next for you? My wife [could have been who he loves next after Grandkids]
What is life about? Life is enjoying yourself. Make the most of your life
Gale, 68.83
What is the best age? I'd say about 35
When do people become old? I don't know anymore
What makes you sad? What's going on in this country at this time, the divisiveness
What makes you happy? My family makes me happy
What is the best place in the world? Wherever you're happiest
What do you worry about? Really getting old
What do you love? My family
What is next for you? I really don't know. Anything is possible
What is life about? Learning and living every day
Syedha, 69.00
What is the best age? 50
When do people become old? When they are not able to work by themselves
What makes you sad? Indian politics
What makes you happy? If India flourishes I will be happy
What is the best place in the world? My native place [Ramanathapuram, India]
What do you worry about? CAA, NPR and NRC of India [laws passed in India]
What do you love? Nature
What is next for you? I want to construct an old age home
What is life about? It's a mixture of joy, sorrow, challenges
Sue, 69.25
What is the best age? My early 50s were my best years
When do people become old? When they stop learning and enjoying life
What makes you sad? Thinking about my son unfortunately
What makes you happy? Being with family
What is the best place in the world? With family
What do you worry about? My son
What do you love? My family
What is next for you? Trying to stay healthy, I want to live to be 90. Get rid of aches and pains
What is life about? Growing in all different ways. I feel sorry for people who stay stale and don't want to change. Your thinking should evolve as you experience different things.
Buffy, 69.25
What is the best age? 40s
When do people become old? I think they become old when they have to stop doing some of the things they loved doing when they were younger
What makes you sad? When I can't help the people around me from being sad
What makes you happy? New discoveries
What is the best place in the world? The recliner in my rec room on a snowy day
What do you worry about? I worry about my kids being OK
What do you love? I love when I have a sense of peace
What is next for you? Planning a trip
What is life about? Life is about making the world a better place than when you got here
Marilyn, 69.42
What is the best age? My 30s
When do people become old? 70
What makes you sad? A lot of things, just pain and suffering mainly, cruel things people do to each other and animals, the struggles of being human
What makes you happy? My family, my daughter, my granddaughter, my animals, my friends. I like being social
What is the best place in the world? The beach, it could be any beach, I love the ocean
What do you worry about? Lots of things, my health and dying and my daughter who’s had some struggles
What do you love? My family, my pets, my home, my friends, and just really being with people
What is next for you? Well babysitting, I’m going to help raise my granddaughter. Hopefully volunteering and traveling
What is life about? I’m not sure in all truth. You always hope there’s some greater truth. I would love to think there’s an afterlife where there’s justice and joy. But I’m not sure. For me trying to have a good life and make a difference in people’s lives
Lynn, 70.25
What is the best age? I made some huge life changes and some wonderful things happened in my 30s. But I've found that there's something wonderful about every decade.
When do people become old? When their mind is old. I've met 23 year olds that are old. When you're closed off and when you vote for Donald Trump.
What makes you sad? The homeless situation really rankles me and what bothers me is that I have no answers. And since I have two Grandkids, the whole climate change situation. It makes me sad that the whole world is laughing at us politically. And if anything happens to my kids or Grandkids that affects me deeply.
What makes you happy? My family, my kids, my Grandkids, I absolutely love travel. I enjoy reading. I spend an extraordinary amount of time outside. Being outside is very important to me. I also swim and swimming is like my meditation.
What is the best place in the world? For me the absolute best place is having my Grandaughters on my lap. Playing a game with them, talking with them
What do you worry about? Dying alone, I always joked about being that person who's dead for 3 days before anyone notices. I worry about my kids. I want to make sure they're adulting properly. Their happiness. I worry about losing my mind.
What do you love? Kids and Grandkids, family, travel, eating, reading, working in my garden and friends
What is next for you? I don't know, I think that's what's exciting. For me its always my next trip. It's so incredible to be able to do that.
What is life about? About figuring out who the hell you are. Where you fit, what's your place. It's about people.
Thangampandy, 70.25
What is the best age? 50 years is the best age
When do people become old? Mentally if they become sick, they become old
What makes you sad? When children are not settled down
What makes you happy? Having my grandson, prayers
What is the best place in the world? Shiradi [India]
What do you worry about? The future of [my] children
What do you love? My Grandson and my friends
What is next for you? I want to live peacefully, that is all
What is life about? Life is a miserable one
Mathina, 70.33
What is the best age? 50 because all the children were married by then
When do people become old? Only after 80, I'm still active and take care of myself and others
What makes you sad? I'm worried about my Son
What makes you happy? Seeing my children and especially my grandchildren happy
What is the best place in the world? Where I am now, my house
What do you worry about? Only worrying about my Son
What do you love? I love only God
What is next for you? I hope my son becomes more responsible
What is life about? To help other around me, that's it
Carol, 70.75
What is the best age? For me it was 30
When do people become old? When they decide to be and let themselves be old
What makes you sad? When my children are unhappy or not having my nest, my home/environment intact (having chaos there)
What makes you happy? Lots of things: sunshine, gentle rains, soft breezes, good meals, good wine, having my friends and children around me. Feeling financial security. Good health
What is the best place in the world? Home
What do you worry about? Something happening to my children
What do you love? I really love life, the ability to live and have experiences. Try to get through the bad times to look as though the bad times are adventures
What is next for you? I have no idea
What is life about? Experiences and making memories, trying to be the best you can be and having the satisfaction of achievement and learning and loving and hopefully doing something that makes the world a better place when you leave than when you got here
Madula, 70.75
What is the best age? Younger age, maybe 25
When do people become old? It's just a matter of growth, taking it easy as you go
What makes you sad? When I see homeless people
What makes you happy? The area, atmosphere and where I am
What is the best place in the world? I really enjoyed Japan
What do you worry about? I don't worry about anything much
What do you love? Sewing
What is next for you? Getting more older
What is life about? Just being here