Gerontocracy is the enemy of human progress. – “Eros and Thanatos”
Every year on this day I remind my readers about the inevitability and goodness of Death, and this year is no exception. Some may believe that the passing of my beloved friend Grace has changed that, but that is not so; both of us knew we must one day be parted by death, and both of us knew that given her poor health and greater age, it was very likely she would go first. Unlike the powerful and privileged men who embrace childish fantasies about life extension or even immortality to assuage their fear of the dark, I do not whine and stomp my feet in protest of the fact that I and all I love must die, nor waste my life in vain and foolish denial of reality. If anything, my tears spring from the opposite source. I do not weep because my best friend died; I weep because I have to go on living without her.
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