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[00:10]The best time of my life [00:13]It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. [00:18]I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me. [00:25]My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. [00:31]Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. [00:39]As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. [00:48]I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. [00:53]I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas’s age, [00:57]so I asked him, “What was the best time of your life?” [01:02]Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, “Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question.” [01:11]“When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life. [01:20]“When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life. [01:26]“When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life. [01:34]“When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life. [01:40]“The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. [01:46]When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America, that was the best time of my life. [01:54]“When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life. [02:00]“When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life. [02:07]“And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. [02:19]This is the best time of my life.”

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The best time of my life

It was June 15, and in two days I would be turning thirty. I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.

My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine years old and in terrific shape. As I greeted Nicholas on this particular day, he noticed I wasn't full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered how I would look back on my life once I reached Nicholas's age, so I asked him, "What was the best time of your life?"

Without hesitation, Nicholas replied, "Well, Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question."

"When I was a child in Austria and everything was taken care of for me and I was nurtured by my parents, that was the best time of my life.

When I was going to school and learning the things I know today, that was the best time of my life.

When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.

When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.

The Second World War came, and my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives. When we were together and safe on a ship bound for North America, that was the best time of my life.

When we came to Canada and started a family, that was the best time of my life.

When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.

And now, Joe, I am seventy-nine years old. I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as I was when we first met. This is the best time of my life."