Farewell

Old age can be time of second innocence. There is the first innocence when we are children, but that innocence is based on naive trust and ignorance. The second innocence comes later in life when we have lived deeply. It is lovely to meet an old person whose face is deeply lined, a face that has been deeply inhabited, to look in the eyes and find light there. That light is innocent; it is not inexperienced but rather is innocent in its trust in the good and the true and the beautiful. Such a gaze from an old face is a kind of blessing. Welcome to Farewell.