I’m getting tired of all the political ads on TV. They push out the more important choices that a man my age has to make, like if I should go into a senior living home, or start taking that memory drug I can’t remember the name of, or… Speaking of depends, did you notice all the non sequiturs in the former president’s speeches lately? I did have to look up non sequitur (statements that don’t logically follow in whatever the heck you are talking about). Before I turned seventy I used such words all the time and never had to look up the spelling. Where was I? Oh, yes… In nearby Latrobe, the other day, he left the script entirely. Started talking about Arnold Palmer’s manly parts. Years ago, someone told me that non sequiturs were an early sign of senility… or was it just old age? He calls it “the weave.” Well if I drove that way they’d take my license. But first, I’d have to find it.
I’m joking about a serious subject. We all age at different rates, but the pattern if common. I’ve noticed it in my own life. I haven’t played a video game in years. I don’t like multiple things hitting me at once. I prefer to have a block of time to work carefully through things. When I’m asked to preach, it takes me longer to prepare. Often, I’ll forget the next point. Then I’ll do the weave.
The other thing that happens as we age is we become less accepting of change. If we had a hint of prejudice in our younger years, it comes at us head on and needs to be actively resisted. There is a 95 year old, that I often visit, who recently surprised me by making a racist and sexist statement.
Many people work way into their nineties. Some elderly people have written great novels, which gives me hope. But doing what I do is not rocket science, nor is it brain surgery, nor is it the presidency of our country.
– Bill K, please share