Here’s to innocence, exuberance, reverence, and perseverance. Four of a long list of qualities that define our humanity. Watch me express my humanity in this video in my bathrobe in my bathroom as I declare that aging is like the change of seasons and a bold and public act.
It’s Summer Solstice, a change of seasons. As such, we’re quoting Yoko Ono:
Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence.
Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance.
Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence.
Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.
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