Some people want to live to 100 or longer.
Most of them have no idea what that would entail.
Odds are their minds would be shot with a dementia.
Their bodies would be barely mobile, if at all.
Most likely, they’d look like death walking unless
they were one of the miraculous exceptions.
But living to 100 just wouldn’t be worth the risks.
I write this after having worked with the elderly
for over twenty years and seen the effects of aging.
Even the 90s pose risks of dementia and the loss
of one’s ability to take care of one’s self.
Nursing homes are in the futures of many at 90
unless miraculously they’ve been blessed.
As for me, 85 is my desired expiration date before
I could lose my mind, mobility and independence.
But because I desire what I see as an ideal age
for my departure from this impermanent life,
I’ll probably live longer than I want to and be at
risk of dementia and all manner of debilitations.
Bob Boyd
