In less than two weeks I’ll celebrate my 60th birthday. Just for giggles, I perused some 60th birthday cards and, well, the outlook suddenly seems sort of grim. The creepiest of all pictured an empty deck chair on an emptier beach and contained these heartwarming words: “A sunrise is beautiful but so is a sunset. /For turning 60 today don’t harbor any regret. / The autumn of your life will be so serene./ You will be the happiest that you have ever been.”