Life's Q4: Short stories of people who overcame life challenges with courage, creativity and humor.

“Living happily is all about attitude” says Ennio. It’s about how you look at life, what interests you have, how active you keep your mind and body, what makes you laugh and cry, how you help others, what you learn every day, how you react to new experiences, how much you love others and how open you are to change.

Because we don’t know what life has in store for us, we could have already entered our Q4. The people described in these pages all found different ways to handle the challenges they faced and reading about their adventures will remind you that nothing is forever. Each of us can adjust and change so that the last quarter of our life is interesting, exciting, positive and fun.

In 2000, the United Nations reported there were 180,000 centenarians worldwide, forecasting that by 2050 there will be 3.2 million Today at 75, Ennio plans to be one of them.