Tuesday, May 26, 2015

Continue the Journey

Today JMN challenged me to write on Continuing the Journey. On reason probably was that here in the midst of the 87th year of life this man two decades younger that I is showing respect by giving me a challenge. Another possible reason may be that he is just plain curious. I would not call it voyeurism but it smacks of the universal curiosity about people different than myself. So here is an off-the-cuff piece of writing, warts and all.

1. Am I moving along on a journey or is the landscape/peoplescape moving past me? Certainly the culture of now is radically different than that of 87 some years ago. So the culture scape is moving while I am the personification of the past. They say, "Don't dwell in the past!".  How can I avoid being in the past since I am the past?  I really do not think that psychoanalysis or medications can accomplish much anything other than destroy me. That seems a pointless effort. Don't worry anyhow, I will soon be beyond and at least I will not be a bother to those dedicated to fixing.

2. Within myself I sense a moving current of change that simply cannot lead to other than me being in the Beyond.  The price of aging of the human body/mind differs person to person only in degree. Muscle strength, mental acuity, sensory organs such as eyes and ears degrade. Response to stimuli is increasingly limited. This process does not ask permission but simply arrives. Then a person has to decide whether to make desperate efforts to extend life no matter the cost to family, community, government and the environment. On the other hand one can count up the blessings, relationships and accomplishments and bid adieu. 

3. The place of religion makes a difference. I am Christian.  The notion of the Creator as a refuge is elemental to the faith. Whatever the nature of that refuge may be we know not. A sense of meaning is at the heart of looking forward.  Having accompanied my true love Joan through Memory Loss to the Beyond, I know something of the sense of evil leading to triumph in the story of life for some of us. Events on the Journey simply happen and we respond as best we can. 

4. So concludes this first response to "continuing the journey".  Until we meet again....Love is our linking hope.
Delton


Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Is God a Committee? Or a Singular Event with no Variation?

Is God a Committee?

This question came up on Tuesday in a group meeting. A question out of thin air. There it was like a whisp of a cloud. Not enough energy looking for a thunder storm of debate. Just a distant shape in the exploring human mind.

The ultimate meaning of all things is either singular or a process of being shaped by forces beyond our comprehension. Who said that?

What do think? Does it make any difference?  Presently I vote for the process of a committee?  But what do I know!

 I will say no more in this post. If courage arrives in my mailbox, I may pick this up at a more convenient time.  In keeping with full disclosure, I am a Christian of sorts. My calling card is ignorance. 

Delton

 

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

A View from the 87th Year of Life

 

For some time I have been complaining that little is being written from the viewpoint of persons over 85 years of age.  I am in my 87th year. Events and education challenge me to use the unique place of life where I find myself coupled with communication technology of 2015 to begin reporting information based on experience now.

My audience is global and my experience is anecdotal. I hope to innovate in the realm of older old age

 I begin with the Blogger platform since this is what I know best. Other platforms may prove to be more useful through experience. 

What has my attention today is that a woman who lives across the street in the Independent Living Community where I live passed on two weeks ago and I learned of it today. That is inexcusable and needs examination.

If this happens in an Independent Living Community, what of the greater community where individuals are even less visible? 

The general dearth of information from within this age group is because we have not used our skills and time to do what needs to be done. This experiment has begun as of May 12, 2015. And is being continued as of today February 16, 2016

Delton