We are all getting old, day by day.
recently, I visited my old neighbor, she is almost 90 years old. I bought some mooncake for her , was planning just to drop the cake.
She was so happy to see me, she was alone sitting at door way, as if waiting for company. I could feel her yarning for company, could not help but chatting with her for a while, leaving my husband waiting in the car :)
She has five children, now is staying one of them.
But getting old is a lonely thing. Most of your friends of same age are no longer around. You are left behind, while children are busy with their own life. The loneliness, is compounded. But that is LIFE.
To live longer, is not necessary , but live fully and meaningfully is necessary.
After seeing my own mother, and my mother in law's passing, I deeply feel that, if one day, I were of no use to anyone, I could not be independently to live by myself. I would rather die soon than live longer.
The tube feed, etc, simply prolong the functions of organs, but add no meaning to life.
The true blessing, is not to live long by all means, but live a quality , meaningful long life.
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