August 12, 2012
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what to do now
do everything you are able to do because there will,probably come a day when you can’t do it any more.
Unless you are very lucky
Even if you consider yourself very lucky, which you should if you are sound of body and mind and especially if somebody loves you.
Comments (8)
absolutely true. we’re trying, ben. love you, man.
sending love, there’s always somebody who cares.
i would say amen but agree will do hi Ben ~~~
Caring means a lot but not so much when you can’t see them or hug them.
My wife hates the word ‘luck.’ lol, So let’s say that I am very fortunate. I am an old guy who is still having fun, married to my high school girlfriend, and able to get around pretty good—especially to Starbucks.
Dear Ben,
Delighted to see a post from you.
No poem though. Hmmm
Also, I don’t have sufficient specifics to be able to comment, so I will possibly only be able to offer generalities.
“Even if you consider yourself very lucky, which you should if you are sound of body and mind and especially if somebody loves you.”
My bipolarity seems to be getting worse instead of better. I’d like to say I’m sound of mind, but sometimes I think I’m getting even crazier. I love to “be optimistic” on the internet but can’t correlate that optimism with “real life”, and feel either depressed or upset most of the time.
I’m as “sound of body” as I think I could be, exercising almost daily. However, next year is the big 6-0 and pretty soon some systems will probably fail me more than I care to admit.
I’m gonna die alone, and nobody’s going to miss me.
Life’s not fair.
But then who said it was going to be?
I agree people should do everything they can as soon as they are able, health, wealth, and physical proximity issues notwithstanding. My beacon towards this way of thinking was richly embodied by my ex-roommate/late friend Joel (cancerboy) who rarely modified his “routine” of smoking ciggies, drinking beer, and endlessly flipping channels on the TV until the cancer eventually sucked even that ability out of him and now he’s a pile of ashes in a crypt in Glendale.
I certainly hope, wish, pray, etc. that you, and everyone you encounter, are sound of body and mind, and have family and friends who love and respect you. Take care.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
i am feeling a bit helpless ben since i cannot do anything for you right now. but please know that you are in my thoughts.
@northernskylights - I’m gonna die alone, and nobody’s going to miss me.
{same goes for me,mike I’ll miss you on here, Mike, sorry Sarah I c;icked the qrong “reply link”
but you’ve done a great deal with your comment, made me feel not nearly so alone in the world… I’valways loved you…ever since bodiddly.