You're Old – BFD
Posted on 04. Jan, 2009 by Brad in Culture Clash | Twitter: @bradhart |
LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) — Gertrude Baines, a 114-year-old California resident, will likely be crowned the world’s oldest woman, according to the organization that keeps track of such honors.
Gertrude Baines told CNN two years ago that she has taken good care of herself, “the way (God) wanted me to.”
The previous oldest woman was Maria de Jesus, who died this week in Portugal at age 115, Guinness World Records said.
It has come to my attention that some people care about being old. What is so special about not dying? Even more important is what is so special about not dying when it is the care of others that keeps you alive. When Gertrude Baines dies they will say she lived a long life. When the next old living person croaks, they will say the same thing. So I ask you what is so special about living a long time without something to show for it that you did last year, last week, or even in the last twenty four hours of it?
Old people should serve as a reminder that we all die eventually. We should look to them as examples of what can be accomplished with one’s life. We should not look at them and think, “Damn that’s old! I wonder how old I can get?”
Simply put being old is not special. Simply put being a live isn’t special. The only thing that really matters is what you accomplished with that live while you were actively living it.
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