The Day After I Turned 71 Comments

Love this one too! Each age threshold brings its own doubts and questions, it's true.

my first thoughts, daniel, are of things related to aging. but then the last sentence resonates, seeming itself is a kind of reality. it is indeed. but in this time of fake news and alternative facts we need to remember that the seeming has to be placed against objective reality, as best we can discern it. years ago it struck me that in scripture significant weight is put on eyewitness testimony—primary sources speaking historically. appreciating your metacognition, glen

Great depth. A book dropping is not as simple as it seems. When things begin to slip out of our hands, we have two choices, either to move on without them or exert ourselves to hold them again. With aging, we might lose grip on things physically but mentally we are much stronger, at par with a book that contains wisdom. To lend such depth to an apparently trivial incident of routine life, you deserve applause. Amazing!

What was the book?

Great and touching lines about aging

Happy belated birthday, Daniel. Age is a cruel joke. It brings experience, wisdom and knowledge. It also brings deterioration of physicality. At 60, I am stronger than most 20 year old people, but only half as strong as I was at 30. What's worse is I have memory lapses as well. Here's to a graceful next few decades.

There are so many wonderful things about aging such as more time, wisdom and travel. When your body fails you it is incredibly difficult to enjoy the simple things. Happy Birthday Daniel.