tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398906867139907280.post2660113571920502121..comments2024-03-29T14:36:46.333+08:00Comments on SeniorsAloud: WOULD YOU PULL THE PLUG WHEN THE TIME COMES?seniorsaloudhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15349552912264950538noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2398906867139907280.post-48272960826919277042012-08-12T22:13:07.464+08:002012-08-12T22:13:07.464+08:00It's good that you bring up this topic.
This w...It's good that you bring up this topic.<br />This will go a long way to lifting the taboo on such a subject.<br />Dying should be as natural as living.<br />Perhaps even the natives of some African states are one up in this.<br />They sing and dance at funerals, not weep!<br />When one was young, one would like to think that one is indestructible.<br />But soon the time will come when mortality stares us in our faces.<br />And closure is foremost in our minds.<br />I have always wonder how those who are poor and destitute handle such matters.<br />Like the many homeless people out there in the streets of KL.<br />Or those staying alone.<br />Because one day, perhaps in the not too distant future, senility and incapacity will stare them in the eye.<br />Even for those with family and kin, it can still be a problem.<br />For everyone nowadays is busy trying to make ends meet.<br />And the practicality of having to see doctors regularly, even for those who have money is a drag on other family members even if they can help.<br />For those who are staying alone and are not financial well of or those who are sleeping in the streets, the situation is really hopeless.<br />R L Stevenson set the tone with his poem Requiem, where he said, "Glad did I live and gladly die".<br />He knew that he was dying and he psyched himself for it.<br />When treatment is not only expensive but also brings with it very little benefit to improve the quality of life of someone seriously ill, then taking things in one's own hands to bring about a closure is right and proper.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com