Grace，who lives in the village of Overton in Hampshire，England，became a volunteer driver for a local hospice(收容所)，but that didn’t keep him busy enough.The lifelong blood donor wanted to continue donating blood，but he was told the cut­off(截止)age for donation was 70.

　　What Grace did instead set records in the United Kingdom and captured the attention of doctors on this side of the Atlantic.At age 83，he became Britain’s oldest living kidney donor.He chose to give a kidney to a complete stranger.

　　Grace shared a detailed and thoughtful diary of his journey toward kidney donation with TODAY.com.In it，he reflected on the practical and emotional motives that prompted him.“The practical motives are the facts that I am fit，having no dependents or responsibilities，and I am retired and have plenty of time，”Grace wrote.“The emotional motives are that I have led an easy，comfortable and selfish life，enjoyed excellent health and wanted to repay some of my good fortune.”

　　Grace said he realized thousands of people are waiting for a suitable kidney，and many die while waiting.“I couldn’t have lived with myself with the knowledge that I had had the chance of changing someone’s life and turned it down，”he said.

　　The National Kidney Foundation noted that transplants performed from living donors have advantages over transplants from dead donors：A kidney from a living donor usually functions immediately，and survival rates of living donor kidneys are higher.

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