When Are You Too Old?

When asked how it was that she has lived so long, one 91-year-oldnwoman replied, "I think God is testing the patience of my relatives."nnWhen is "too old"? At what age do we give up? At 100, Grandma Mosesnwas still painting, and Titian painted "Battle of Lepants" when he wasn98.nnAt 93, George Bernard Shaw wrote Far­fetched Fables.nnAt 91, Eamon de Valera served as presi­dent of Ireland.nnAt 90, Pablo Picasso still drew and en­graved.nnAt 89, Arthur Rubinstein gave one of his great­est recitals in NewnYork's Carnegie Hall, and Pablo Casals, at 88, still performed cellonconcerts.nnAt 82, Winston Churchill wrote the four-volume work, A History of thenEng­lish-Speaking Peoples, Leo Tolstoy completed I Can­not Be Silent,nand Goethe, at the same age, fin­ished Faust.nnAt 81, Benjamin Franklin engineered the diplomacy, which led to thenadoption of the U.S. Constitution.nnWhen are you "too old"? Only on the day when you truly have nothingnleft to give. And the good news is this: that day never has to arrive!