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 has subsequently occurred to me that
this is precisely what they were
advising me to do albeit in an oblique
manner it has also occurred to me that
their advice not to get old
Echo's Missoni is's observation that he
is blessed who dies not late but well it
is possible that when I am in my 70s or
80s I will conclude as the elderly
people I know seem to have concluded
that non-existence is preferable to old
age it is also possible though that many
of those who find old age to be so
burdensome have themselves to blame for
their predicament they neglected while
young to prepare for old age had they
taken the time to properly prepare
themselves had they in particular
started practicing stoicism it is
conceivable that they would not have
found old age to be burdensome instead
they might have found it to be as Seneca
claimed one of the most delightful
stages of life a stage that is full of
pleasure if one knows how to use it
why
was writing this book my 88 year old
mother had a stroke and was banished by
me as it so happens to a nursing home
the stroke so weakens the left side of
her body that she was no longer able to
get out of bed by herself not only that
but her ability to swallow was
compromised making it dangerous for her
to eat regular foods and drink regular
liquids which might go down her windpipe
and trigger a potentially fatal bout of
pneumonia the foods she was served had
to be pureed and the liquids she was
given had to be thickened there is I
discovered a whole line of thickened
beverages that have been created for
people with swallowing problems quite
understandably my mother was unhappy
with the turn her life had taken and I
did my best to encourage her were i
devoutly religious I might have
attempted to cheer her up by praying
with her or for her or by telling her
that I had arranged for tens or even
hundreds of people to pray on her behalf
as it was though I found that the best
words of encouragement I had to offer
had a distinctly stoical ring to them
she would for example tell me how
difficult her situation was and I would
quote Marcus yes they say that life is
more like wrestling than like dancing
that's very true she would murmur in
reply she would ask
which she had to do to be able to walk
again I thought it was unlikely that she
would ever walk again but did not say as
much instead I encouraged her without
giving her a lecture on stoicism to
internalize her goals with respect to
walking what you need to concentrate on
is doing your very best when they give
you physical therapy she would complain
about having lost most of the function
of her left arm and I would encourage
her to engage in negative visualization
at least you have the ability to speak I
would remind her in the first days after
the stroke you could only mumble back
then you couldn't even move your right
arm and consequently couldn't feed
yourself but now you can really you have
lots to be thankful for
she would listen to my reaction and
after a moment of reflection she would
usually respond affirmatively I suppose
I do the exercise in negative
visualization seemed to take the edge
off her distress if only temporarily
time after time during this period I was
struck by how natural and appropriate it
is to invoke stoic principles to help
someone cope with the challenges of old
age and ill health I mentioned above
that the stroke made it dangerous for my
mother to drink regular on thickened
water being denied water made her quite
naturally start to crave it she would
ask me in a pleading voice for a glass
of water not thick but from the sink I
would refuse the requests and explain
why but as soon as I finished my
explanation she would ask again just a
glass of water please I found myself in
the position of a loving son who was
continually denying his elderly mother's
request for a simple glass of water
after enduring my mother's pleas for a
time I asked the nurse what to do
give her ice cubes to suck on she said
the water in the ice will be released
slowly so there is little danger that
she will aspirate it as a result of this
advice I became my mother's personal ice
man bringing a cup on each visit the
Iceman Cometh I would call out on
arriving at her room I would pop a cube
into her mouth and she would while
sucking it tell me how wonderful the ice
was my mother who in her prime had been
a connoisseur of fine food and drink had
now become a connoisseur of ice cubes
something she had taken for granted her
entire life for her an ice cube had
merely been the thing you used to cool
the beverage worth drinking was now
giving her intense pleasure
she clearly enjoyed this ice more than a
gourmet would enjoy vintage champagne
watching her suck appreciatively on ice
cubes I felt a tinge of envy wouldn't it
be wonderful I thought to be able to
derive this much pleasure from a simple
ice cube it is I decided unlikely that
negative visualization alone would
enable me to appreciate ice cubes as
intensely as my mother does
unfortunately it would probably take a
stroke like hers to do the trick
nevertheless watching her suck on ice
cubes has been quite instructive it has
made me cognizant of yet another thing
that I take uh turley for granted my
ability to go down a big glass of cold
water on a hot summer day
during one visit to my mother I
encountered the ghost of Christmas
future I was walking down the hall of
the nursing home toward my mother's room
ahead of me was an elderly gentleman in
a wheelchair being pushed by an
attendant when I got close the attendant
got my attention and said pointing to
her charge this man is a professor to my