Each one of us is called to become the Great Song that comes out of the Silence.
~ Brother David Steindl-Rast
When we're old, our lives become the sum of all whom we have loved. It is important not to waste anyone. One task of living out the last half of life is excavating and recovering all of those whom we loved the first half. Thus, the recovery of lost loves becomes an important way in which the past affects the present.