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The other day, during a telephone conversation (Yes, some of us still have telephone conversations…via landlines, no less.) an old friend of mine asked: “So what are you up to these days?” She had just finished describing her days of managing an “illness”—which she fully owned years ago—along with all the other obstacles and mundane matters of living in this world.
After listening to my list of daily activities, i.e., my daily spiritual practice; blogging, crafting one-of-a-kind necklaces; my attempts at creating a website—where I can sell these necklaces—plus my photography projects; and on and on and on. Poor thing I wanted to say to her, “No, my love. Keeping busy is what you do. I, on the other hand, am continuing to engage LIFE thus holding this body mind-soul back from that inevitable process of breaking down and withering away into dust…that process we call disease and dying…and which we anticipate happening to us when we reach what we humans call “old age.” (And that varies with one’s mindset and lifestyle!)
But, of course, good breeding prevented me from saying any of that. Plus, I knew that I always had my Blog: https://toniroberts.wordpress.com and this Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/gaiadaughters in which to vent!
Thank you, for bearing with me. But please, think about it. How is it that some of us can move joyfully, healthily and actively into our seventies and eighties…while most others of us begin the disease and dying process, right-on-time, as if programmed to do so?
Comments are welcome!
Ah…and one more thing…before you start talking about DNA and genes…do a bit of research into the latest findings in the field of Epigenetics.
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Comments on: "Some Thoughts On Old Age…Disease…And Dying…" (5)
i agree with you completely. I have spent the last 15 years of my life working in the field of Senior Living. It is my task each day to help people have the most Optimum Life possible! I now have a blog called Red Shoe Life Transformation, where I hopefully will show people that you can be your best at any age! Enjoying your blog! Thanks!
Thank you. Perhaps one day, humanity will look back and laugh at our primitive beliefs about who and what we are.
Good question, Toni. We program ourselves based on the influences we agree to. All sorts of influences drive the majority of people to believe it’s all down hill after 50 or 60. The rest of us just smile a little, adjust the influences, and continue on the journey. 😉
Oh, Rob…you and I are so on the same wavelength…energy frequency…I have so much hope for humanity! And I am finally learning to be an intermediary…a “good and faithful servant.”
So true, Toni 😉