Does Aging Have to Be So Depressing?

Does aging have to be so depressing? No. I know hundreds of people who are growing old and unwilling to accept old age as a period in which we must sit and wait for the end to come. Those people are students of the wisdom of Kabbalah, and they wish to know about the Creator—the single upper force of love, bestowal, and connection that guides our reality—drawing closer, feeling and understanding the meaning and the purpose of life, even at very old ages. These people develop excellently, and we have many such students. In other words, the more we grow older while seeking the Creator, the happier and more fulfilled we become as we constantly draw closer to the Creator. Such a process takes place with our active strides in any of our living moments, and not that we concede to old age like weary creatures. The Creator can help us in this struggle, and it is important in our spiritual search to request such help from Him. The best way to turn to Him is that He gives us the physical and mental strengt