The Two Main Questions Every Person Should Ask Themselves in Mature Age

At some point in life we begin to understand that not everything is measured by money, career, achievements, and the number of years lived. There are two simple but very important questions worth asking yourself one day: have you found joy in your life? Not the joy you show to others, but the real kind — the one that appears inside when you realize that you are living your own life. And have you brought joy to other people? Have you become a support, a kind word, an example for someone, a person near whom it became a little easier and warmer? In mature age it is especially important to stop and look back honestly. Not at how much you managed to earn or what you achieved, but at how you lived your life and what you leave behind in the hearts of others. Perhaps the answers to these two questions are one of the simplest measures of true success in life. Sometimes it seems to us that we need to find something more in order to be happy. But maybe it is much more important to understand what is already beside us. How would you answer these two questions?