Watch out, they are after us and our drinking. Of course, now we are over 65 we should be cutting down on drinking alcohol and going into a gentler mode but it is a curious thing that when the governments of all countries are desperately looking for ways of looking after the over 65's because our children won't be able to apparently, that the clarion call about things bad leading to death makes it sound as if old people dying is bad.
This blogger maintains that death is totally natural, but how you do it and how you get there do matter a lot and certainly drinking yourself into the grave isn't a good idea. Meditating on the part which doesn't die is good and of course can help cut down the rush to the bottle of Chardonnay or Cabernet Sauvignon and this is a well know fact. Doing death well is worth having as a goal and this blogger recommends meditation as a way of coming to a peace beyond the peace which worldly things might give. Kindness and making the inside of you conform to the goodness of the Good itself is a real goal.
And while I am about it today, the idea of punishing stay at home mothers as if they were sitting about drinking chardonnay and painting their nails is rubbish. Staying at home with your children is the best way of learning about patience and kindness and not minding your life being upended and covered in jam. And when you have your children at home with you in the very short time before school, you get to pass on to them the really important things.
So, I am hoping to meditate well, drink less and hoping that if I am reborn that my mother gets the chance to stay at home with me as long as she wants and that she will be a really really good sort.
You are indeed both funny and wise. We are in Nice and while we meditate faithfully twice a day, the bottle of rose is the first thing on the table as the sun sets.
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