XXX: 94 Years of Life Lessons in 50 Minutes

Tom Pallan is 94. I'm 21. He's a family friend of my grandpa's, he still lives at home with his wife of 66 years, and he still lifts weights. Nothing in his body hurts.I asked him what he's still trying to get better at. He answered like a man with plans.Then it stopped being an interview. I told him about the gym, about the shift from running away from who I was to running toward who I want to be. He said, you are maturing. We spent the rest of it trading. Him on a marriage that took fifteen years to understand, me pushing him on where morality comes from if there's no God.He started looking after his body at 50Learned to ski that same yearThe job offer that never cameThe church that would not marry themSixty six years, and the rough patchesAn agnostic who suspects a higher powerOne word for a whole lifeIf there's someone fifty years older than you, go ask them something.---Music by Isaac Haines:https://isaachaines.ca/Dig Deeper Into All Things Kaizen:https://linktr.ee/zacarnold ---Timestamps00:00-00:50 Intro00:50-03:32 What a 94 year old is still working on03:32-06:43 The advice that would have pulled him off his path06:43-09:55 He neglected health until 5009:55-13:05 How he persevered through discrimination13:05-16:09 Ninety four years old, lifting, nothing hurts16:09-19:11 Running away from yourself, running toward yourself19:11-24:03 The only graduate nobody offered a job24:03-28:03 How long it took to truly know his wife after 66 years28:03-31:52 Why leaving got too easy31:52-36:17 The wedding the church refused36:17-41:07 Where morality comes from if not from God41:07-45:31 Whether progress can go too far45:31-50:20 The soul, and one word for a whole life50:20-50:44 Outro