No one wants to grow old, but the longer you live, the older you get. Even without tell-tale wrinkles, you can't ignore the fact that the number of candles on the cake increases each year. Growing old doesn't mean giving up your future. Don't let the waning years make you abandon dreams or turn away from new challenges. When youth fades, that's the time to let old-age blossom. If you want to have fulfillment and purpose now that you have reached retirement age, take a journey through the lives of nine long-ago senior citizens to discover what it takes. Read about their secrets and successes, difficulties and setbacks and learn from selected golden oldies of biblical history how to survive growing old