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academic research, inventive potential, healthful food intake,
exercise, and social contacts. Yeah, there is no co mfort to aging
without belief, that, not all has been in vain. Unfortunately,
good portions of the elderly population have no semblance o f
such independent pursuits, meaningful utilization of their
liberty. Are we supposed to have increased longevity in order to
die miserable?
Just the effort to get these thoughts recorded as d igital text
and thereafter published in cyberspace has been a ma mmoth
undertaking- phew, unbelievable, I'm in the final stretch before
completing it! The double reverse of the joke is that maybe I
shall never co mplete the task, but yeah; the pen is mighty
enough to outlive the swing of the pendulum hanging around the
ancient clocks. The aim of life is the giving of oneself in matters
valued above any attentions fro m which that individual ma y
have benefitted. Maybe especially when so meo ne turns to
another even in pursuit of personal advantage , his gain is my
gain. My being a friend encourages his approach, in quest of the
deed he or she contracts through my agency; my life is enhanced
because I have expended energy to improve the situation of he
or she whom I've befriended.
Regarding the topic of how old men play "Grumpy" in the,
"who's fairest tale," thinking their human worth dependent o n
attention people pay to the m, th is is the epitome of painful
circumstances that can besiege even a person of outstanding
stature. Now, to the point at hand, that being how wisdo m passes
from one generation to another. The truly wise can act like fools
because they don’t see themselves by how others perceive their
interconnections; but how the other persons perceive that I se e
them. Feel inner security and believe you are in possession o f
it. How I see the m is better than they could ever know. The
secret being I give appreciation to the root of goodness I
perceive in the m, and have inculcated this habit into my
personage.
In the co mpetitive society wherein my character developed, I
suffered fro m overwhelming insecurity because of sociologica l
abuse, about which I've written profusely. I'd turned to stealin g
as a tactic to acquire friendliness, I used to steal things to give
my friends; until I once brought a stolen ring to a lovey -dove y
who forthwith hated me, no, let me correct that - I suffered
rejection. When I beca me religious, I fought protracted battles
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