Aging actively and beautifully

Klaus Obermeyer celebrated his 99th birthday on Monday, December 3, in Aspen, Colorado. This event has now become an annual party held at his Sport Obermeyer ski-wear company, he founded in 1947.

The Aspen Times, the local paper, interviewed the German-born entrepreneur and among many powerful thoughts of his, my main take away was this excerpt: “[life] is kind of like a dance on a floor that's moving. But you always end up where you aim for. Aim is a very important thing in one's life. It you aim up Aspen Mountain, you're not going to go up Red Mountain. It's a powerful thing...”

Now more than ever, Klaus Obermeyer is my hero!