When ecstasy questions life

While wandering in other town I noticed this old man sitting in his balcony with conviction. Curiously I greeted him and asked politely, "how old you are"? After a pause, he burst into laughter and asked me did you witness India's independence? I said no & he uttered that he had enjoyed it when he was 14 years old then. His ecstasy in candidly expressing his very old age of about 90+ years by 2022, was a benchmark for me to understand what actually longevity meant by enjoying life to that extent!