Living Into Old Age With Dignity
I would like to support Professor Moertiningsih’s argument and suggestions the following argument. I read a very useful book some time ago, written by Dr. David A. Sinclair, an Australian biologist working at a biology laboratory of Harvard University. The title is, Lifespan, Why We Age and Why We Don’t Have to. His analysis is very interesting, saying that living into old age that used to be viewed as a natural process for every human being, getting old and ultimately dying. He asked “What if we do not have to get old, or even that the process could be reversed? He did not make argument for humans not dying, but urged us to treat the aging process like we treat illness. It has been an experience that when we treat this phenomenon as an illness everyone tries to study to find how to cure it. The results have been convincing: HIV could be managed, most cancers could be managed, even cured. We have seen advances in medical science, both in precautionary and curative that have been very encouraging. Illness keeps reinventing itself, but medical progress always tries to keep pace. And thus, life expectancy has kept being prolonged globally.
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I interpret the above development as a campaign to ask us to live into old age not by feeling sorry for ourselves and continue worrying every day. Instead, we should enjoy our old age by keeping involved in anything we are passionate about, tailored to our own talent. In other words, live old age with dignity. For sure, we should make good preparation early, and after we are ready to step into old age life be smart to spend your funds properly.