It’s a pain in the neck to see how your biological functions fade away with the gradual accumulation of years. I’m 61 and begin to feel how my body is getting weaker.
In the final analysis, I think Socrates was right when he took the Hemlock poison after the famous trial. He was 70 years old and soon he would lose his sight, mobility, hearing and so forth. As he thought about these coming hardships, he welcomed the sweet and painless death of agana belea.
What a shame Juan Ponce de León did not discover the Fountain of Youth while wandering in Florida. I wouldn’t be worrying about losing my sight, my mobility or my hearing in the years ahead. Sigh!…… 🙂
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