To the Hindu, aging is more than a series of meaningless losses. There are modes of liberation contributing to spiritual growth. If age strips away pride, pleasures, and profit, all the better. This process is a part of the karmic curriculum, challenging the little self. If our responsibilities are diminished, the time available to explore the sacred expands. Let us not flee these changes, but embrace them, utilizing them to the utmost.
— Drew Leder, Spiritual Passages