Living a long life

When I think of living a very long life the pros and cons line up for pondering. Here’s a few:

Pro: delaying the walk through transitions door, death. We all know it’s coming. To quote Dr. Sleep, ‘We’re all dying. The world’s just one big hospice with fresh air’. To many death holds such fear, so the thought of delaying that event is very appealing.

Con: experiencing the exit of loved ones, through death. Just because your life path may be long, others are not. Those who live long go through grief many times.

Pro: Being an active participate in loved ones lives, in the community, town/city, country, world. A long life brings many opportunities to contribute, in some way, to the whole. It can be through wise influence in the family, or aid to a neighbor, or cleaning up a river or wild space, to getting deeper into self, the opportunities are endless!

Con: Being a witness, and sometimes an active participate, in destructive events. Yes, the negative to the positive, whether that be a natural catastrophe (hurricane, tornado, earthquake, volcanic eruption, flood, etc..) or war, murder, riots, disease, hate…, this is also part of a long life.

To me, a long life isn’t as important as how you live it, and how much you grow as the unique beings we each are😊.