There are only a few select elders who inspire you to imagine what a life they lived in their youth.
I've tried to articulate this quality, but it narrows down to the ability to maintain a certain fire, with a relaxed certainty that life will move in their favor.
@EricsElectrons Yes! That's a skill that's rarely (never?) taught from parents.
I think people only develop that calibration only with some extremely humbling life experience.