Surrounded with light
The young should be taught, what the old know by instinct, that every day above ground is a good day
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cancer
Teredo
Ship worms do to the hull of the old wooden boat what ageing does to the body of the old human being.
Also climate change
Cancer and bushfires have this in common – the earlier you can catch them the better the chance of a cure.
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Practice makes perfect
Being forgotten, while you are still in land of the living, prepares you for being forgotten, after you are long gone.
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At the third stroke…
In early life no need to wear a watch because your day is set out for you. In adult life you check your watch a hundred times a day, every minute could be important. In old age you lose your watch. Minutes no longer of interest. Just getting through nights.
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End of the road
Old age is like walking through a Grimm forest in a dark night; branches whip the face; unseen carnivores roar; pits give way underfoot; trees fall with a crack; and somewhere ahead on the path, waiting in the gloom, is the slough of despond
The road taken
I took the road less followed, and found land mines, trolls, bandits, potholes, mud patches, fallen trees, and then my car broke down. Next time my way is the highway.