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Prayer, according to Khushwant Singh

(More lessons from very old human beings)

I keep being congratulated by passers-by for the monumental fig tree that grows against the front wall of our house in Antwerpen, Belgium. What did you do to get it into this state?, people wonder. The answer is: I cared. — Every spring, there it goes again. The first few leaves, March 2024 — photo by flaleman

Many of my readers know that I have never stopped counting my blessings to have been able to be alive in this world as a much younger contemporary of two very old men in particular.

Two very old men