‘I want to stay and hear the bluebirds once more’. And don’t we all. What a wonderful way to put it as well. Yes we want to continue to have new and varied and exciting experiences, though maybe less as we age; we want to see our children grow up and have these things for themselves. We’d like to see our own grandchildren and spend time with them. We like to have plans and realise them.
Is hearing the mundane, the everyday things just as important when you reach the end of your life. I hope when I’m 120 and M is 80 that I can still enjoy her company as much as I do now. Imagine as we wait for her younger sister to come round and remind us about our trip to Disneyland or the time I ripped my breeks on that mountain in the snow and how much we laughed. I hope I am aware and awake enough to appreciate the birdsong in the morning just as much, or the taste of my coffee, or the crisp feel of the winter grass under my feet, or the smell of the rain in the air. It is these little things that keep us alive.