We are all looking for an elixir. Actually, we are all looking for an elixir for every issue, big and small in our lives. Everyone in the whole world is looking for an elixir against Covid-19 currently. We argue about which political structure or leader is the right elixir for the various issues, social or economic, in their respective countries. An elixir for all the ills that come with old age would be wonderful. We buy software solutions that hopefully will be an elixir against hacking. Antioxidants, specific mushrooms, multivitamins, fish oil are supposed to be an elixir for multiple problems depending on your beliefs and not necessarily science. Our yearning for an elixir leads us to adopt an elixir that changes over time. My present elixir is Turmeric. I am convinced that it works till such time that I convince myself that there is a better elixir than Turmeric. Any suggestions? An elixir for the fountain of youth? Some of us look for an elixir, not in a potion but in philosophy. Isn’t ‘being in the moment’ the elixir for everything as it makes your previous life and the rest of your life irrelevant since only the present moment is of consequence and nothing else matters? Is looking for an elixir illogical? The closest I have come to an elixir is the hours that I get to spend with a few people in my life who are very special to me. I wish I had a lot of special people in my life but I do not. I wish that I get to meet these special people every day but I do not. We laugh and we cry. We complain and we argue. By the end of the conversation or the evening, I have all the elixir I need and seek…..