The idea is to become more passionate, not less passionate, about our creative pursuits as we get older, especially when we are approaching the end of our days on Earth.
Building and running a model railroad, and repairing and restoring model trains, are very creative things to do, like writing books and composing music. Such things keep us fully engaged, and enable us to live very fully.
This reminds me of the singer/songwriter David Bowie. I am not familiar with his music, but I understand that when he knew he was dying of a terminal illness, he created his last album, Black Star. Now that is the way to go, in a blaze of creative glory.
One of Tim McGraw's greatest hits is the song, Live Like You Are Dying. I understand that song is about his father, the flamboyant Met and Phillie baseball pitcher, Tug McGraw. The song is about the time when Tug McGraw knew he was dying of brain cancer in his early 50s, and he lived very fully in his last days, including skydiving, riding a bull in a rodeo, etc. Arnold
