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https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/ ON MATTERS OF DUBIOUS INTEREST Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:13:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-604 Sat, 02 Sep 2023 16:13:50 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-604 […] talked about some of these withdrawal symptoms in this post. Here, it seems to me a function of how memory changes as we age. The specter of Alzheimer’s is […]

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-584 Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:38:34 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-584 Thanks for this blog, John. It enabled me to reflect on the numerous changes I’ve made in my own life, especially since I turn 73 in a few weeks.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-583 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 22:01:01 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-583 In the Hindu tradition, a man having fulfilled his obligations as a householder, takes the begging bowl and enters the last phase of his life as a sanyasi- a wandering ascetic. Doesn’t sound so bad.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-582 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 21:51:54 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-582 Reminds me of Jim Breedlove. Just months before he died, he told me, ‘I don’t argue anymore. I have given it up.’ Wise man.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-581 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 17:48:32 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-581 “…you could fall down on the way to a concert.” As an aficianado of NYT obits, I can’t tell you how often I’ve seen the following phrase – “…he was hospitalized after a fall.” As much as I dread the idea of moving, I’m pretty sure getting out of my two-story condo would be a smart thing to do. Thanks for some useful reminders about how much we elders can shed if we’ll let ourselves. Charlie P.

]]> https://goodmanspeaks.com/2023/08/05/accepting-the-symptoms-of-aging/culture/#comment-580 Sat, 05 Aug 2023 15:09:48 +0000 https://goodmanspeaks.com/?p=2170#comment-580 I remember the previous “Elders” blog. This builds on it nicely. The last reason for thinking before leaving our house made me laugh.

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