"Age can make you either stupid or wise. Stupid means you still hold on to lots of resentments; you wish you weren't growing old. Yoga can lift that and bring wisdom and peace," says Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, 60, the cofounder and director of Golden Bridge, one of Los Angeles's premier centers for Kundalini Yoga. Yoga Journal DailyinSight

This morning before I read today's DailyinSight, I was thinking about how I feel less afraid of death and attribute that to my yoga practice. My Dad had a heart attack at 35 years old. I am 54 years old, about how old he was when he had a cardiac arrest and died. A few years ago, I was having some fearful thoughts about what it would be like to have a heart attack and be in the hospital. Now I am feeling calmer and not having those kinds of fears.

While the suffering of illness would be tough, I do not feel like I have a fear of dying. I know it would be difficult for my family and friends but I am confident that one should not fear what lies beyond. There is no heaven or hell. As they say, it is just the universe rearranging itself. If I have a consciousness, it will be nothing like being on earth so I am not even going to bother trying to guess or imagine. I am going to live my life now.

I know that I can have a definite influence on my life today by heeding the quote that began this entry. 'Age can make you either stupid or wise'