Joining the three-quarter-century club
The author reflects on reaching the milestone of seventy-five years of life, sharing insights gained through experiences both good and bad. They emphasize the importance of relationships and the value of curiosity, while also acknowledging the inevitability of aging and the perspective it brings. Ultimately, the author contemplates the balance between life and death, and how memories shape our understanding of existence.
- ▪The author has been awake and aware for seventy-five years, with a quarter of that time spent asleep.
- ▪They reflect on the significance of loving relationships and the importance of curiosity in life.
- ▪The author acknowledges the inevitability of aging and the perspective it brings on life and death.
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ShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountOpen this photo in gallery:Illustration by Drew ShannonFirst Person is a daily personal piece submitted by readers. Have a story to tell? See our guidelines at tgam.ca/essayguide.This month I join a new club, its membership as inevitable as the changing of the seasons. The Three-Quarters Club: seventy-five years of being awake and aware of the world around me, although ‘awake’ isn’t quite right, of course: for 25 of those years, I was asleep. Talk about a layabout.When I wasn’t sleeping, I did what most of us do: achieved, failed, loved, learned, and loved learning.
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