Of ageing and the great power of self-realisation

Of ageing and the great power of self-realisation (Photo: iStock)

A week ago, I turned fifty.

If you are like me when I was a decade or two younger, you may wonder how I am still breathing, walking - functional even, at such a big age. Like, why have I not retired to obscurity, not spending all my days watching sunrises and sunsets?