When people reach a certain age they begin to wonder what will happen them when they can no longer care for themselves.
Single people who have cared for an elderly or infirm parent will ask who will do that job for them.
The Psalmist: "Our life is over like a sigh./ Our span is seventy years/or eighty for those who are strong./ And most of these are emptiness and pain./ They pass swiftly and we are gone."
And all our fancy ideas.
BBC's Andrew Marr interviewed a painter this morning on Radio 4. At one point she said: "The only way to lengthen our lives is to live for what you love".
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