Mighty money, gives you power and choices. Steve Job has it all but not having health can be limiting. History has proven it over and over, again and again. But, I think, history is never there to teach us: it is a story of past doings of others, you may learn but largely used as a reference to cross reference past doings in current times. It happens before, it can happen now with similar consequences. The people who make history usually may not be aware of history as they are busy in making it.
He was writing his new book and having limitations to talk and write has given him option to blink and command. That was one of the innovations for ALS patients.
He showed his writing on computer screen, and wanted my opinion.
Sure, amazing thoughts. Money can buy you a lots of goods, and he wrote. I would buy good rather than just goods. I smiled and I looked at his eyes, and I saw a free spirited mind, defiant of his caged soul in an occupied body under ALS.
To some, money brings a piece of peace. The choices, options and freedom to buy stuff, new and shinning. They are preoccupied by happiness through glitter to get clutter; stored as it get old fashioned and sometimes misfit as aging process affect.
Others, use money to buy good by helping others. I saw his thoughts were showing up on the screen one alphabet at a time, and he continued, those are the ones who comfortably move on as the last jacket has no pockets as you take with you no goods, but only good you have sent forward.
Sunday, October 20, 2019
Sunday, October 6, 2019
" what can be worst than a fart"
As I was seeing him while he was an in-patient with a room shared with another patient, suddenly his expression changed. He was obviously uncomfortable which was supported by his expressions of being very upset about something. I asked him, are you in pain. He said, not really. How about your breathing, he said not too bad. Then what is bothering you, I asked.
He answerd me with rather a question. What can be worst than a fart?
I did not knew what to say. I smiled and replied, you can tell me, I am your doctor.
He said that the man on next bed has visitors who come after smoking pot, its odor is all over them and he never liked skunk odor. No one likes it.
It is true that pot has some thiols, what may be associated with skunk spray, but I am not sure as I am no expert. He kept talking about; why people don't respect other people choices too when they demand their right to chose; life style, food, smoking and freedom of speech.
To some, recreational use of substances exceed the threshold of choices others too have, like breathing non adultered clean air. You may not smell fresh roses or blooming orchids freshness all the times. You may not smell of rain forest often, but how about breathing neutral clean air. Air with no contamination of burning pot or tobacco: no one wants to have others spit then why breath others foul air.
To others, life cannot be easy as winning one battle of choices bring them face to face with other fights and realities of life; chronic pains, anxiety, disability, single parenthood, social inequality, issues of relationship with family-fellow being-God. There are many questions but few answers for a curious mind. Probably recreational use of anything will not change the ground realities of ones situation but it may buy time to fight it out another day. In the grand scheme of life both suffer as how pot smells to non pot smokers, why they smoke pot and is there is something else can be there. There are many questions again.
He answerd me with rather a question. What can be worst than a fart?
I did not knew what to say. I smiled and replied, you can tell me, I am your doctor.
He said that the man on next bed has visitors who come after smoking pot, its odor is all over them and he never liked skunk odor. No one likes it.
It is true that pot has some thiols, what may be associated with skunk spray, but I am not sure as I am no expert. He kept talking about; why people don't respect other people choices too when they demand their right to chose; life style, food, smoking and freedom of speech.
To some, recreational use of substances exceed the threshold of choices others too have, like breathing non adultered clean air. You may not smell fresh roses or blooming orchids freshness all the times. You may not smell of rain forest often, but how about breathing neutral clean air. Air with no contamination of burning pot or tobacco: no one wants to have others spit then why breath others foul air.
To others, life cannot be easy as winning one battle of choices bring them face to face with other fights and realities of life; chronic pains, anxiety, disability, single parenthood, social inequality, issues of relationship with family-fellow being-God. There are many questions but few answers for a curious mind. Probably recreational use of anything will not change the ground realities of ones situation but it may buy time to fight it out another day. In the grand scheme of life both suffer as how pot smells to non pot smokers, why they smoke pot and is there is something else can be there. There are many questions again.
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