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Native Elders

Native people who reach a certain age are considered Elders in aboriginal society and deserve the utmost respect.  *Listen up UNH’s* :P   Along with age their spirit and wisdom gets better but unfortunately their body is falling apart.  I’ve had discussions with fellow tenants about aging and getting old they hate it, absolutely hate it but there is nothing anybody can do about it, is there!  Recently I was watching an interview on YouTube featuring the late great actress Katherine Hepburn on her views about aging.  She exclaimed getting old is an unnatural process and old people should not be sent off to the gas chamber aka the old folks home, it would be better to shoot them on the spot.  She was a hoot.  LOL   Of course I don’t agree with her view, I believe when one is old and experiencing severe chronic pain and discomfort then they should have the choice to end it but assisted suicide is illegal in Canada.  I remember as a child being told a story when an Indian is too old and a burden to the tribe eventually the person would quietly go off into the bush and die.  I think the custom is quite admirable.  Just think no family members sitting around getting drunk, crying, saying what a great person the deceased was, meanwhile checking their loved one's valuables to see what $$$ is left behind.   ;)
There is one native elder in the building who I greatly admire this lady has to go to the hospital for dialysis three times a week and I’ve never seen her depressed over the situation.  She keeps her spirit up.  Recently her health has taken for the worse and had to go through an amputation and is now recovering in hospital.  I hope she’s doing well.

As for me I plan on living forever or at least until all my teeth fall out or I can’t get it up anymore.  :D

Cheers for now.  :)

 tk

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