Comments on: The Aggravations of Growing Older http://www.bloggernews.net/122747 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:32:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Nancy Reyes http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431453 Nancy Reyes Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:58:28 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431453 Well, Mr. Kent, you keep the right wing nuts aggravated with your posts, so it's not like you aren't doing something valuable. ;-) But if there is a God, every thing we do, including our joy or sufferings, can be offered as a prayer, This acceptance of what life brings us is the lessons of the Hindu mystics, but it can be seen in the western religions, from Catherine Doherty to John of the Cross. And if there isn't a god, well WTF, meditation leading to quiet acceptance is better than valium As we Pinoys say: Behala na! Well, Mr. Kent, you keep the right wing nuts aggravated with your posts, so it’s not like you aren’t doing something valuable.
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But if there is a God, every thing we do, including our joy or sufferings, can be offered as a prayer,

This acceptance of what life brings us is the lessons of the Hindu mystics, but it can be seen in the western religions, from Catherine Doherty to John of the Cross.

And if there isn’t a god, well WTF, meditation leading to quiet acceptance is better than valium

As we Pinoys say: Behala na!

]]> By: judithan http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431332 judithan Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:46:00 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431332 Very good post Working1,my daughter lives in Sarasota, Fl. and has been trying to get me to move to Florida since her Dad's and my husband"s death 6 years ago. Florida is a wonderful place to visit but I'm not sure I want to live there even tho my children no longer live close. At 68 years old I'm fortunate enough not to be on any medication or any major medical problems. There might be a time in my later years of life I will need her help but right now my home in Kentucky is my haven.I have lived in this house for 45 years, this is where my husband and I raised our family and can find my way in the dark to anything I need. I love having 4 seasons of weather. If I where to be forced to leave here I know I not pointing fingers at anyone who decided to make a move to a warmer climate.would feel displaced and lost. I think that happens to a lot of senior citizens even tho they won't admit it. Could it lead to the confusion that older citizens have when they're more or less displaced to another region of the country? I'm trying to find the answers to the question for my own sake. Not for someone who made the decision to move to a warmer climate for health reasons or any other reason. The scariest part of growing old is the possibilty of losing your independence and having to depend on others for your needs. So when you see a senior citizen struggling to do the things they've done everday for most of their lives be patient with them. It's not easy to have to let someone else do it for you. Most have worked all their lives to raise a family and now have a hard time accepting help now that they can't take care of themselves. Very good post Working1,my daughter lives in Sarasota, Fl. and has been trying to get me to move to Florida since her Dad’s and my husband”s death 6 years ago. Florida is a wonderful place to visit but I’m not sure I want to live there even tho my children no longer live close. At 68 years old I’m fortunate enough not to be on any medication or any major medical problems. There might be a time in my later years of life I will need her help but right now my home in Kentucky is my haven.I have lived in this house for 45 years, this is where my husband and I raised our family and can find my way in the dark to anything I need. I love having 4 seasons of weather. If I where to be forced to leave here I know I not pointing fingers at anyone who decided to make a move to a warmer climate.would feel displaced and lost. I think that happens to a lot of senior citizens even tho they won’t admit it. Could it lead to the confusion that older citizens have when they’re more or less displaced to another region of the country? I’m trying to find the answers to the question for my own sake. Not for someone who made the decision to move to a warmer climate for health reasons or any other reason. The scariest part of growing old is the possibilty of losing your independence and having to depend on others for your needs. So when you see a senior citizen struggling to do the things they’ve done everday for most of their lives be patient with them. It’s not easy to have to let someone else do it for you. Most have worked all their lives to raise a family and now have a hard time accepting help now that they can’t take care of themselves.

]]> By: working1 http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431097 working1 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:44:07 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/122747#comment-1431097 Hi -- I enjoyed your post very much. My mother is 82, and she does the trying-to-remember-names thing constantly. We live in Venice, FL, which is apparently the oldest city per capita in the U.S., second only to one other in California. It is called "Paradise" by the snowbirds. However, it is so heartbreaking to see the elderly residents in the grocery store, hunched over and struggling with a walker. Most of the older ones are year-round residents, and it is hotter than hell in the summer. I wish that people would rethink the idea of retiring to Florida when they get old, and instead stay near their grandchildren, family, and friends. My mother had two of her closest friends down here die last year. Sometimes you think, well, that's what old people do . . . and it almost takes away from the fact that her friends DIED, you know? I mean, if it happened to a younger person that it would somehow be more devastating - but it's not. They're gone. I do medical transcription, and I typed a report on an 80-year-old woman today who was taking no less than 21 medications a day. Imagine how all of those drugs . . . oh well -- she's alive. I feel fortunate being down here, though (at 55, I'm a youngster). Despite how sad some of the things I see are, I cannot tell you how wonderful it makes me feel when I am able to help some poor ancient soul wandering around the parking lot looking for his or her car, and how truly grateful they are for such a little act. I imagine all that they have seen and been through in their time, and I really feel honored that our lives have crossed paths for just that moment. And the feeling lasts all day. Well, thank you for your post - I will look up the links you gave. Hi —

I enjoyed your post very much. My mother is 82, and she does the trying-to-remember-names thing constantly. We live in Venice, FL, which is apparently the oldest city per capita in the U.S., second only to one other in California. It is called “Paradise” by the snowbirds. However, it is so heartbreaking to see the elderly residents in the grocery store, hunched over and struggling with a walker. Most of the older ones are year-round residents, and it is hotter than hell in the summer. I wish that people would rethink the idea of retiring to Florida when they get old, and instead stay near their grandchildren, family, and friends.

My mother had two of her closest friends down here die last year. Sometimes you think, well, that’s what old people do . . . and it almost takes away from the fact that her friends DIED, you know? I mean, if it happened to a younger person that it would somehow be more devastating - but it’s not. They’re gone.

I do medical transcription, and I typed a report on an 80-year-old woman today who was taking no less than 21 medications a day. Imagine how all of those drugs . . . oh well — she’s alive.

I feel fortunate being down here, though (at 55, I’m a youngster). Despite how sad some of the things I see are, I cannot tell you how wonderful it makes me feel when I am able to help some poor ancient soul wandering around the parking lot looking for his or her car, and how truly grateful they are for such a little act. I imagine all that they have seen and been through in their time, and I really feel honored that our lives have crossed paths for just that moment. And the feeling lasts all day.

Well, thank you for your post - I will look up the links you gave.

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