This month is the end of my 64th year. I must say it got here awfully quickly.. Current events are a good reason to consider one' s life as is the potential for debilitating disease. Of course there are many reasons for reflection; each one specific to the person doing the thinking. Have at it.
As I look back 64 years I grateful for the experiences and the times which form their context. From my earliest memories of family, various local and global events it seems that the blink of an eye can barely contain them. Listening to the Korean War updates on the radio, through being drafted for Vietnam, to watching the same mistakes unfolding on television today confirms my view that human nature is immutable.
Getting old is just not that much fun. Everything fades including memory, but the worst of aging is the boredom. Even when doing something one enjoys there is the knowledge that meaning is being lost little by little. This blog is an effort to make sense of the aging process both physically and emotionally.
I stopped working every day about six years ago, involuntarily as is quite common these days. Old people cannot get good jobs; there is a very strong prejudice against age. Experience counts for little as employers are afraid to hire anyone who might leave at the first opportunity or have to pay more than entry level wages. This is true even though most codgers will work for less and stay on as long as they can make a contribution.
It seems that young folks don't quite know what to think of old folks. This despite the fact that today's old is still pretty young. I now work when I want selling insurance; which is something I never thought I would do. It has it's moments.
This first post is merely a starting point. Anyone who reads this will see life through my eyes and may leave a reaction as they please.
No comments:
Post a Comment