Aging is not Diminishment

Speaking on aging, the Catholic nun Joan Chittister has this to say:

One thing this period is not about is diminishment, though physical diminishment is surely a natural part of it. It is, instead, about giving ourselves over to a new kind of development, to the kinds of change that began in us at the time of conception and continue in us still. The truth is that we are a great deal more than our bodies, have always been more than our bodies, but it can take us most of a lifetime to learn that.

Our moral obligation is not, as society might…