Feeling Obsolete (for Diversity Saturday)

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It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
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In a system that is obsessed with youth, beauty, possession, travel, novelty and competition, many people start to feel lonely, useless and obsolete when reaching the autumn of their lives - and sometimes already much earlier. I am dreaming of a slower time and a more benevolent place where the ancients would again be regarded as an asset - for their life experience and their wisdom - rather than a liability...