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THE AFTERNOON OF LIFE It scarcely comes as news that our culture places a high premium on being young. Still, despite all the advertising promotion of youthfulness, we should not lose sight of the fact that every stage of life has its advantages. Later life offers the opportunity to take time to smell the roses, as it were. As Anne Morrow Lindbergh wrote in 1955: "We Americans, with our terrific emphasis on youth, action, and material success, certainly tend to belittle the afternoon of life and even to pretend it never comes. We push the clock back and try to prolong the morning, over-reaching and overstraining ourselves in the unnatural effort... In our breathless attempts we often miss the flowering that waits for afternoon." Later life has advantages that are seldom appreciated by the young, but can be completely enjoyed by those with the time to reflect. Later years bring wisdom. We have less of a need to hurry, we begin to know what is really important to us. At the MOSER FUNERAL HOME, 233 Broadview Avenue, Warrenton, we work hard to offer you what you need as you go through a difficult time. If you have questions about our services, call 347-3431. We're here to help, and we care about you.
"Perhaps middle age is, or should be, a period of shedding shell: the shell of ambition, the shell of material accumulations and possessions, the shell of the ego."
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
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