I think that in my current condition I am closer to your beloved father dear @soul although not too far from your beloved grandfather.
Like them, I am reaching the end of my busy active life as I explain in the post and little by little the rest periods are more necessary.
What I have tried not to confuse in my life is rest with leisure. I hate this last understood as spending hours and hours in front of the TV or in the classic circles for the elderly sitting in a chair watching the rest play cards, bowls or simply watch how time passes.
Time passes for me too but as your father I want it to be productive. Without the intensity of past years, it is true, but with the physical and mental activity that allows me to keep busy.
I'll tell you an anecdote: my daughter gave me the cell phone because, for work reasons, she needed one with more memory capacity. I didn't have a smartphone. Mine was an old antediluvian cell phone.
Do not ask me if I have learned to use it because I use it more than anything as a photographic camera. Each task I do is documented with a photo and then I calmly prepare the post (as you can see I publish a reduced number of posts per month). But that takes time, I learn many things, including cell phone functions, and it keeps me busy for a few hours of the day.
They are different ways of facing the final part of our life. The important thing is that each one is at peace and satisfied with himself.
I thank you for these thoughts @soulsdetour.
Absolutely spot on! That's the essence of it all - the meaning of everything. 😊 I have the exact opposite problem - I want to do nothing and be satisfied with this 'leisure', I want to have no remorse for resting and doing nothing. I don't want to be productive, I just want to rest. Unfortunately, I am not used to such a thing.
Anyway. It all started from your lovely garden - a real treasure. And you are one lucky person - the contact with nature, with the soil and plants brings back the true meaning of life!