I HAVE MY WHOLE LIFE

How can I say that when I've just turned eighty?

Can I say today that I have my whole life ahead of me? Wrong! It's rather behind me, isn't it?
Poor Jo Dassin, he sang this song just before his sudden death, when he was still quite young.

 

Indeed, I've lived with it all these years like everyone else, having experienced its ups and downs.
I don't know if I like that expression, because it reminds us of the lows we wish to forget. If I ask myself the question: "How much time do I have left? I should add that, at my age, there are many things I used to do but can't do any more. Will I still be satisfied?
Until when? as Corneille would say. God knows I have patience, that famous quality that many people lack.

I'd like to know how much my patience has helped me in my life. I don't know if I can do this exercise because I know it will be difficult.
I used a big word in the title of this text: LIFE. There's so much to say on the subject that it would be confusing. When we say live, we also mean grow old, because that's the only way to live a long life, isn't it? Besides, how can we grow up without growing old? We all want to grow old, but we know that being old is something else entirely. I've discovered something positive. That is, growing old. It's about moving from passion to compassion.

It looks like I'm going to find every way to make my life more enjoyable. I liked Jean d'Ormesson's words: "In the eyes of the young, flame shines, but in the eyes of the old, light shines. Will I be able to spread it? Is it within my capabilities? I think so, because I've got all the time in the world, at least the time I've got left.

I have the great advantage of reading a lot and, as a result, I find what I call magic words, expressions rich in knowledge, so I collect them and use some of them here. Vaclav Havel wrote: 'The tragic thing about man is not that he doesn't know the meaning of life, it's that it bothers him less and less'. I reread this passage and find it very timely.

Lao Tzu adds to it: <Hardness and rigidity are companions of death, suppleness and flexibility are companions of life '' . How can you not love such words? And this is how I dress my days. My pleasure is immense, and sharing it with the reader is another pleasure. I'm going to have to get up and take a little walk, because it will do me good, as sitting too much writing is rather unhealthy.

Not long ago, I discovered a certain Thérèse Zrihen Dvir who, in discovering the philosopher, tells us: 'Life is only a solitary journey... That's not true! Life is a theater, an adventure, a mission, above all a duty... We don't live for ourselves, we live for others, our descendants... we instruct them with our knowledge, our experiences, our love of life...'

Reading these reflections, what's not to love about life? How can we not share and appreciate it even more? I said in my title 'I've got all life' and that applies to all of us.