Algebra of Aging

A   L   O   H   A  !

" The struggle of life

 is one of our greatest 

blessings. 

It makes 
us patient, sensitive,

 and Godlike. 

It teaches us

 that although 
the world is full 

of suffering,

 it is also full

 of the overcoming 
of it. "

 Helen Keller

" Life's meaning 

can't be known

 by customary

 thought patterns, 
but by 

experience.  "

 Albert Einstein

 " Dignity; the sunlight of aging. "

Persian proverb

 <(-'.'-)>

One's 50th year

is a milestone.

It takes a whole lot

of living,

one's rise

(descent?)

from childhood,

it takes

in fact

Half a Century.

One looks back

in wonder.

One thinks it:

"Half-way"

And prepares

for another

40 or 50

Summers.

Then age 60

beckons:

a brief 10 years!

Suddenly

geometry speaks

plainer.

No second rise,

but a plateau

clung to.

Though the Self,

the Soul,

the Person

yet rise,

the province of

the body,

dances the dance

of all

things.

Finally

-finality-

dances quite 

away.

Good bye - good bye

all we took so light

(our due)

hello hello

we know not what,

hoping it to be

another go.

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                          Warmly, cloudia