As September was the month to honor the aging, I would like to submit a creed for publication. I will be 100 in March, so I am in that part of society.

The past is over and cannot be changed. The future is unknown and risky to base our decisions on. Each day is a gift, that’s why it is called the present.

I am not the author and read so much I do not remember the publisher. He or she should have credit for this wonderful way of looking at life.

Mary Staub

Oxford