Monday, November 2, 2020

 Day 116

More good years than bad in your life? This year has been a bastard for us all. For many their last. I’ve been weighing it up and I reckon I’ve had more good than bad and as a bonus I’m still here to talk about them. I live in the moment and always look forward. I visualise what is to come, literally! I get a picture in my mind and imagine how things will happen. I can even “feel” the way it will be, letting my mind create a picture of the future. Of course this is not always a good thing and there have been times when it becomes a negative. Heightened anticipation can send your mind into a nervous frenzy but I have usually been able to cope with even the most scary of times. As you age the bravado of youth disappears and you are more cautious and less willing to take risks. Everyone has an age which they cling onto in their mind? Mine is around 21, when life stretch out and anything seemed possible. I’ve lived an ordinary life, nothing terrible just another human life passing by. I am perfectly content with that. I am comfortable with myself and with an ego like mine it’s hard to to be critical! 

Sad to hear about the death of Nobby Stiles, that leaves just 3, Geoff Hurst, George Cohen and Bobby Charlton. Sad too, to read that Sir Bobby has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. We have some experience with this, Wendy’s mother developed the disease some years ago and it has rapidly eroded her mind to where she lives in a jumble of inaccurate memories from her distant past (she’s 90). She thinks Wendy is her sister and that assumes she knows her at all. I have always said that it must be a terrible way to end your life but the person it happens to has little idea it is happening. As with all loss it is the family, who are the hit the hardest as the person you’ve known slowly disappears! 

My friend Kostas lost his brother Petra last week. He had been ill for some time and had said he was ready to go. He had been a famous politician in Greece and upon his death there was outpouring of articles, Radio and TV praising his life and achievements. He was universally loved in Greece and it has given Kostas and his sister some measure of comfort at their sad loss. Those who pass live on in the memory of those they knew and loved and you never forget. I hope in some small way the same can said of me when I leave this mortal coil!

Stay well





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