"A sometimes overlooked source of wisdom is those who have simply lived the longest...
they often lament the risks not taken. One man confessed that he had spent his life as
"a spectator" and wished he'd been more of "an adventurer."
"It took me twenty years of my fifty-year marriage to discover how unwise it was to attempt to remake my wife."
"The most important thing is to be involved in a profession that you absolutely love," one aged reader told her,
"and that you absolutely look forward to going to work every day." "
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/sunday/2012-02/12/content_14584772.htm