Re: Aging Gracefully
That is all about compromisation.
There are just two ways to get "Inner calm". Completion or extermination of all desires.
Intellect develope compromisation, which will provide a surface feeling of calmness but always increase the radius of inner emptiness. Intellectual, with aging, if able to persist really, can not remain calm.
completion of all desires, extermination of all desires or reality based categorization of all desires. while it may be there, because it is unrealistic, one does not worry about it and on a daily basis the lack of ability to fulfil that desire is not a hinderance. i.e. you may still have desires for making a change or for material goods or success, but you have come to terms with it and its no longer important enough for you to fret about.