THE TEN UNWANTED GIFTS OF GROWING OLD
Medical articles and the internet discuss the “stages” of aging. However, they are in reality learning to endure the unwanted consequences of growing old. The older we get, the more consequences there are. John Mortimer, the creator of “Rumpole,” died at age 85. He wrote about the indignities of dying: “Dying is a matter of slapstick and pratfalls. The aging process is not gradual or gentle. It rushes up, pushes you over, and runs off laughing. No one should grow…