As we age, our attachments on all sides are loosening and drifting away. With the younger generation we look with irritation on the constant use of air pods and screens, let alone opinions. With ones own older generation it becomes more and more difficult to retain connections. In the natural way of things people drift away. they move geographically and they move into different social circles. They may have no reason to remain in contact. The past may be a barrier; they may not wish to show themselves in their altered state (physical or psychological); they may not deign to have you as an attachment any more. The healthy human wants to maintain his or her links with young and old alike. But everything frustrates this. Your circle diminishes. In the end it will be a mere single point. Then that goes out. Still, let’s keep pushing out to the circumferences.

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