Forget the money you have lost, the mis- takes you have made, the injuries you have received, the disappointments you have experienced. Real sorrow the sorrow which comes from the death of dear ones, or some great cross well borne, you need not forget. But think of these things as sent to enrich your nature, and to make you more human and sympathetic. You are missing them if you permit yourself instead to grow melancholy and irritable. It is weak and unreasonable to imagine destiny has selected you for special suffering.
Sorrow is no respector of persons.
Do not tell me you are too old. Age is all imagination. Ignore years and they will ignore you. Eat moderately, and bathe freely in water as cold as nature's rainfall. Exercise thoroughly and regularly.