75 Years of Life Is Enough
I have a 83 year old grandma who didn't have any severe illness except for the chicken pox 2 years ago and a little bit high blood pressure. She used to get up at 5am, get the laundry done, water plants on the balcony, then take a walk in botanic garden at 7am for an hour, and go to traditional market to buy cooking materials for the day. During the day she usually watched tv for a couple of hours, then opened the door just to look outside world, or gossiped with neighbors. The only regular thing she never missed to do everyday for decades is to worship buddha and anscestors 3 times per day- 5am, 12am, and 5pm. In the afternoon she'd walk to discount store for grocery shopping sometimes, or take a bus to other traditional markets for some special stuff or visit relatives once in a while. She could still walk fast and take the right bus and get to the destination with no problem, even tho she can hardly read. She would even argue with us sometimes when we retorted.
She used to be a very dynamic A-Ma neh!
Until these couple of years, she got weaker in a sudden. Sometimes she would tell us how she managed to put on pants after shower as one of her leg fell asleep or to struggled to stand up when her waist couldn't straight up suddenly. She would brag to us how smart she was to solve all those accidence without asking for assistance. We knew something's gonna go wrong but we didn't do anything for not making her panice or scared. She still insisted to do everything by herself and tried to keep the day regular as usual.
She's been a very tough A-Ma neh!
Since end of last year she sprang her arm and got severe back ache, the pain just continously came and go everyday even after the surgery. None of us can imagine how painful it feels like, but we all know she's bravely enduring it, especially when getting up, sitting down, laying down, or doing the toilet. These days she kept asking me to massage her right arm, i thought the cold weather made it unwell. Then yesterday in the hospital doctor told us it might be the symptom of slight stroke. Her blood pressure is normal so it's probably due to thrombus somewhere. The further check up will be done next month but before that i'd rather believe the cold weather causes the unwellness.
Her human body has been used for over 80 years, no matter how well-developed the technology is, it can never be fixed to the status of younger age. Can you imaging how long 80 years is? Can you tell me any machine that is over 80 years old that can still run well? The most lucky people are those whose lives stop in a sudden when they're still healthy, or only suffer from a couple of days illness. Now i really wish my grandma can be lucky as they are.
So the moral of the story is, keep the health until 75 years old then call the Death to come to take you when you sleep, this is the goal of life.
