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The quality of a man’ s life is judged by how well he ends. Young and gay, he is prone to an almost carefree life with a few cares to bother about. However, as the golden years approach and the reality of a life of retirement looms larger, such a man is wont to begin to assess his state of being. He begins to do an appraisal of his entire life’ s journey. He begins to ask questions like: Have I built well? What could I do better? Is it too late to correct the mistakes of the past?
Can we all ask and get answers to all these questions? Most definitely. But it would take constant consultations with those that matter. One’ s priest. One’ s doctor. One’ s lawyer. One’ s insurer. One’ s pension administrator. One’ s funds manager. One’ s banker. And so on. with illness and other setbacks and it becomes even more The constant consultations and requisite adjustments will ominous. These are not too good scenarios to ponder. We must now inform the quality of life that a man ends life with. banish these kind of thoughts immediately. How?
No one, for instance, wants to get old and become a burden It is important to start right and begin to plan for one’ s on his children or his friends. He’ d discover very soon, their retirement early. Again, no matter the age, as far as there is some discomfort with him and though they may not say it, they may energy in you, call up those that matter and begin to take those show it, unconsciously, by their growing lack of attention. little steps towards a glorious life. That’ s what invests. ng aims to
Nor does anyone want to be a man so laden with debt try to help one do. To point one at the little things one can pick that he becomes so consumed with paying back, much that he up as he journeys through life leading to a glorious end. Is that neglects to take care of the things that matter – his health, his
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us. relationships, his investments or whatever is left of it. Such situations could leave a man despondent to the extent that he begins to will for a quick end to life. Complicate these
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