My experience of this comes from caring for my dear friend, Carl, in the context of his Alzheimer's. If you want to have a great life, commit yourself to giving someone else a great life. You must have a great life yourself in order to make a great life possible for someone else.
After seven years of caring for Carl, his life is now complete. With laughter and love until the day of leaving his body, the lessons of Carl's life remain for all of us. Have a lot of love... have a lot of fun!
-- David Lazaroff