Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
I would like to be as fit as I've always been. I've been blessed with good health, I've been blessed with stamina. Particularly for those great classical roles, you need an Olympian stamina. I, fortunately, have that.
In all human affairs there are efforts, and there are results, and the strength of the effort is the measure of the result.