Lesson from the Golden Years

We have a older couple that lives one floor below us who are like-minded with us. They're Americans that have lived in China for a number of years. They're both in their 70's. He has two degrees from MIT, and a PhD from Yale. She's also has two degrees, a graduate from Harvard. He teaches engineering here IN ENGLISH. He's been a professor in America and in Beirut in the 1970's. He's also worked in industry for a number of years. They have a number of kids and many more grandkids.

You should see them at work. They are always active in engaging students with a joyful insistence. Given their time in life, it's uniquely amazing to watch them. We expressed our admiration for them recently, to which they responded, "Well, we figure we'd rather burn out than rust out."

In our day and time, I think we can learn from them. In America, we strive for retirement as if it were the end of our salvation, heaven itself. Yet, this couple has such vision and perseverance in love that we can observe the meaning of the saying, "Do not grow weary in doing good, for in the proper time you will reap a harvest if you do not give up."