English-The Best Time of My Life

It was June 15 and in two days I would be turning thirty, I was insecure about entering a new decade of my life and feared that my best years were now behind me.

My daily routine included going to the gym for a workout before going to work. Every morning I would see my friend Nicholas at the gym. He was seventy-nine and in terrific shap. As I greeted him on this particular day, he noticed I wasn’t full of my usual vitality and asked if there was anything wrong. I told him I was feeling anxious about turning thirty. I wondered that how I would look back on my face once I reached his age, so I ask him, What was the best time of your life.

Without hesitation, he replied, Well Joe, this is my philosophical answer to your philosophical question.

When I was a child and everything was token care of for me and I was natured by my parents, that was the best time of my life.

When I was going to school and learning the things I known today, that was the best time of my life.

When I got my first job and had responsibilities and got paid for my efforts, that was the best time of my life.

When I met my wife and fell in love, that was the best time of my life.

The Second World War came, my wife and I had to flee Austria to save our lives, when we were togather and safe in a ship bound for North America, that was the best time of my life.

When we came to Canada, and started a family, that was the best time of my life.

When I was a young father, watching my children grow up, that was the best time of my life.

And now, I am seventy-nine years old, I have my health, I feel good and I am in love with my wife just as when we first met. This is the best time of my life.