A couple of days ago, I went to a hot spa near by. It is only 40 minutes drive from here. It belongs to "a road station", where drivers stop by for meals or rest for a while. It was on a week day, so that most of the people dipping themselves in the hot spa were aged ones. When I told that to my wife in the evening, she laughed at me telling I was one of them. Sure it is.
On the way back home, I purchased some vegetables being sold at that station. Very fresh and reasonable.
There was a large farm of Soba, whose flowers were fully out, along the street. I remembered of the same scenary on the way to the office. I commuted there listening the piano trio in a moll by Ropartz.
Fall has deepened.
I believe it to be a great gift to be one of the aged ones. They are the ones with wisdom that only comes from experience.
ReplyDeleteI sure agree with you, Don. Even though the time left for us is limited, we should accept it as it is. It is prepared as a good one.
DeleteBeing an aged one is better than the alternative of never living to a ripe old age! At what age does one become an "aged" one. I read recently that 60 is the new 30.
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I don't feel like 34 years of age myself! But, our physical age seems to be younger than the chronological one, they say. Maybe, as much as 70%. It depends on how we live, though. The length won't be the matter but ithe quality of life must do, I believe.
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ReplyDeleteYes, the quality of life is a supreme issue in advanced age. Today, I learned that my only living uncle passed away this morning. He was 94. In the last year of life, he began to slip badly. So now he is at peace.
Dennis W0JX
Maybe, we might congratulae him on having been free from burdens on the earth now. Wishing him peaceful rest.
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