MINDFUL AGING-When a new disability arrives I look about me to see if death has come, and I call quietly, “Death, is that you? Are you there?” So far

When a new disability arrives I look about me to see if death has come, and I call quietly, “Death, is that you? Are you there?” So far the disability has answered, “Don’t be silly, it’s me.” (Quoted from The Measure of My Days, Florida Scott-Maxwell, New York: Knopf, 1968.)