Dr Who - I am the Brain of Morbius

People of my generation will remember this 1976 series with Tom Baker as Dr Who. Personally I loved the clunkiness of Dr Who back then. It was a family date with the TV on Saturdays, supper on our laps, including my 8 year old daughter who sometimes hid behind the settee because it was so scary.

I now realise that I am getting like the Brain. I was chatting to a friend comparing notes & we both felt our bodies were letting us down. Physically we simply can't do things that we took for granted. We are turning into our parents - Mine always seemed old to me.

The thing is, maybe we need to develop a Zen, accepting, state as we age:-

• Ok we fall asleep & are fatigued by many things. 
• Ok the joints hurt & are stiff. 
• Ok we can't open tins, bottles & jars.
• Ok we forget things & our memory isn't what it was.
• Ok we can't do the housework.
• Ok we don't hear so well, so we don't enjoy big groups

Most of those things can be either accepted or solutions can be found.

The thing is that we are alive & have huge skills, experience & often qualifications. These are stored in our Brain. Data retrieval might be a little slow & unreliable, but all our life experience is there to be used.

I'm quite happy to be the Brain of Morbius so long as I find meaningful ways to contribute & maybe make things better.