In our modern, longhours culture, we place a high value on career and success. So it’s not surprising that retirement is seen as an end, rather than the start of something new.

But it’s a mistake to think that you have to have a job to be productive or fulfilled. Many people achieve much more when they retire than they ever did at work, finally having the time to pick up on their interests, and be true to their passions.

Retirement is a state of mind rather than something that starts at a certain age. And life doesn’t need to close or end. In fact, it can open up in surprising and healing ways.  And it can also be a journey of discovery and adventure. Go into it with curiosity about yourself and embrace the possibilities that open up to you.

Filmed in Suurbraak, South Africa.
Featuring Gary Goldstein.

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In collaboration with iNous, we recently released a beautiful deck of 52 cards each card containing a quote from one of our films, paired with the activating visual muses of Lanon Prigge. The aim of this deck is to rekindle childlike curiosity and creativity, helping to navigate the shared waters of our human experience with grace and joy. If you’d like to consider purchasing your copy, shop here https://tgc.link/reflections

Who is Reflections of Life? We are Justine and Michael (previously known as Green Renaissance). We use our passion for filmmaking and our love of storytelling, to remind our audience of one simple truth – that we are all human. The more that we understand and believe in this interconnectedness, the more we will treat ourselves, one another, and planet earth with a greater sense of compassion.

Editing by Jackie Viviers
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

Music sourced from ArtList https://bit.ly/2KfrAt2
First Impression by Maya Belsitzman Matan Ephrat
First Snow by Beneath The Mountain
North Sea by Beneath The Mountain
All Around You by We Dream Of Eden
In A Moment by Campagna
Hammer And Felt by Beneath The Mountain
Swept In by Michael Vignola

A huge thank you to these guys, who so generously gave of their to time to help with language translations:
Arabic by Mohammad Alkhudhair
Catalan by Pau Zabaleta
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Czech by Pavla Látalová
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Angeliki Papadimitriou
Hindi by Parul Sharma
Italian by Vincenzo Mocerino
Khmer by Measraksmey Bou
Korean by Chloe Park
Persian by Mona Zadsham
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Tatiana Campelo
Russian by Assiya Marzhanova
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish by Emanuel Mori
Vietnamese by Thi Le and Nguyen Phan