This gentleman, in Dublin, Ireland, is retired and living on a pension. But he still wants to contribute to the world. And so, every day he prepares fifty cartons of curry and delivers them to the homeless and destitute of his city.

Until we are too infirm to do so, it seems that none of us is completely happy unless we’re contributing something to the world… doing something that makes the world a better place than it would have been without us.

To know that you’ve been a net positive force in the universe is a powerful source of satisfaction in any human life, and especially so as time diminishes one’s abilities.

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Now, before you go back to the mundane, think about your own old age, no matter how far away it may be: In what will you find satisfaction?