Our last years

End of days

Our priorities can change in our twilight years. Each hour of each day becomes more precious. Youth really is wasted on the young. So many things that we thought were significant are no longer so. Whatever situation we find ourselves in, we can fight on until the bitter end. Some put more focus on what we think really matters such as our friends and family. You never know for sure when your number is up and can rarely foresee a pending accident or upcoming illness. Even if things seem to be progressing fortuitously you will undoubtedly notice your teeth beginning to rot away, your hair greying and thinning out. Clear startling signs of your mortality. As we age our health deteriorates. All the worries and cares we once had, dissipate.

The aging process causes our skin to lose its elasticity inside and out. A typical death through old age commences when the acidic contents of the stomach pierce the lining unabated and enters the bloodstream. Every last drop of heroin like reserves are released in the mind allowing us to depart on quite a high. Before this though, exhaustion can set in and we tend to reach a point where we fully appreciate that there is no limit to the number of people we would like to meet, or scientific studies that we may wish to embark upon, or places we may like to visit, or wealth we want to collate or distribute, or politics that we feel inclined to amend, or how far and wide we would like to spread a message, or knowledge available to be sought, or do whatever thing that is of importance to us; acceptance of our limits is reached and the cares that we once had of the world and opportunities that it offered slide away. It is akin to returning to the time before we were born. Our unique set of preferences, affinities and abilities emerge, flourish, and then ebb away. Our lifespan is restricted, we can do nothing bar accept the boundary and enjoy our turn.

Your existence affects the world for sure, no matter what you do. You may may make a positive contribution to humankind. Much of that positive contribution you won’t get to see. Many people never got to see the result application of their work. That is the way it is. You will have been greatly helped by contributions made by people in the past. Lots of things have made life better. Hot water on tap. Heating food with microwave energy. Simple cheap lighting to read and work by instead of calling it quits each day when the sun goes down or spending an age making candles. The list goes on. Life is a game played on a board that has already been devised and setup ready for you to play. You add something, often positive, regularly negative too. You can do your bit. Something positive for humankind. Note. You will see it as a positive. It will be positive for humankind, but just humankind not other kinds.