We live in a culture that dreads the inevitability of growing older, treats it like a disease to be cured with potions, tries to silence it with botox. And through all of this, we’ve forgotten that to grow old at all is a tremendous privilege to become a person worthy of old age is the triumph of life.

Our goal shouldn’t be to cling to youth as we get older, but to keep our joy alive by tending our inner child throughout our days while also nurturing our connection to the changing world. In doing so, we balance wisdom with wonder, confidence with curiosity and depth with delight.

A long life is a gift. But will we really be grateful for it?

Featuring Vicki Robin (https://vickirobin.substack.com/) and friends Ross and Deborah KoffChapin.
Filmed in Whidbey Island, Washington State, USA.

The full quote shared by Vicki during this film is by Florida Scott Maxwell "You need only claim the events of your life to make yourself yours. When you truly possess all you have been and done, which may take some time, you are fierce with reality. When at last age has assembled you together, will it not be easy to let it all go, lived, balanced, over?"

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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.

Filming by Michael Raimondo
Editing by Justine du Toit
Sound mix by Tamryn Breakey

The following music tracks are used in this film all sourced from Epidemic Sound:
Assertively Furtive by John B Lund
Phases by Alan Ellis
Chalets by Martin Gauffin
It's in the Trees by Martin Gauffin
Fading Memories by Martin Landh
Be by Indigo Days
A Golden Sun by Heath Cantu

A huge thank you to these guys, who gave so generously of their to time to help with translations, enabling us to provide subtitles in the following languages:
Arabic by Frihat Oussama
Bulgarian by Polina Stoyanova
Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) by ShunYing Lu
Croatian by Davor Bobanac
Dutch by Karla Greven
English by Justine du Toit
French by Amélie Macoin
German by Tanja Pütz
Greek by Vicky Polychroni
Indonesian by Ary Nuansa
Italian by Grazia Gironella
Macedonian by Lidija Pusevska Markovska
Persian by Mona Zadsham
Polish by Anna Konieczna
Portuguese by Sibylle Steinpass and Lucivani Valvassori
Romanian by Anca Zaharia
Slovak by Zuzana Beratsova
Slovenian by Jasmina Kovačič
Spanish by Paty Aguirre
Vietnamese by Thi Le