Carol H Tucker Passionate about knowledge management and organizational development, expert in loan servicing, virtual world denizen and community facilitator, and a DISNEY fan
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beladona Memorial Be warned:in this very rich environment where you can immerse yourself so completely, your emotions will become engaged -- and not everyone is cognizant of that. Among the many excellent features of SL, there is no auto-return on hearts, so be wary of where your's wanders...
“Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer. ” ~ William Holden
In the Sword in the Stone by TH White, [the start of the Once and Future King triology] Merlin is a wizard because he remembers the future – he is growing old backwards and as time passes, he gets younger and younger, more reckless and less heedful of the world of risks around him as he loses the knowledge, skills and abilities that he once had.
Been thinking a lot about the fact that there are fewer years ahead of me than are behind me these days. Being active in a 2nd Life rather obscures that because my avatars are ageless, but getting forced onto Medicare even though I am working full-time was an eye-opening experience. While I am positive that my capacity for love and understanding has grown, and that I have extended the wealth of experiences I have been through, I am not sure as the years have passed that my “bank account of knowledge” has become that much richer, certainly I have more difficulty accessing it at times! Like Merlin, as we age, we tend to lose some of the mental acuity we once possessed and sometimes even the fine motor control we once had starts to fade. Worries about finances and health. Worries about becoming a burden to my kids cloud the future. And yet, I can admit that on the whole, I would keep on slogging through rather than give up.
Getting old may suck at times, but it sure beats the alternative, neh? Or as WC Fields once commented for an epitaph on his tombstone: “Here lies W. C. Fields. I would rather be living in Philadelphia.”
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