Enough, Already

There's an Eastern European tale about a Father with nagging children. He is told by his Mentoor/Master to start bringing home this animal and then that animal until the house is full. Indeed, the ids begin to say " Enough, Already." order is restored.----------- The Last Quarter sometimes feels "enough, already." Children have begun showing their vulnerabilities as they look towards 40 and 50. Spouse has the same needs you do. Friends nag that you don't give them enough, typically without asking if you have any more to give. Professional colleagues expect you to be able to do everything you did in the Third Quarter. Hell, I know of one 85 year old lawyer whose young lover got to get too needy. ----------- All this happens as our capacity to juggle is compromised by a weakening cognitive apparatus and memory. Keeping four balls or more in the air is a young person's game. And the number of gifts both required to give and to receive ... OMG .... The kids say. The kids want you to be forever young and forget that there are days when you're forever uncomfortable and in distress. -------- No wonder old people get cantankerous. ------ And all through this time, one's body is changing in shape and function that it has only done so dramatically before, during the years of pubic shock (early adolescence with it's unwieldy growth spurts) and pregnancy and it's dysmorphing processes that end with the symphonics of his/her majesty the baby (a doc from Vienna used that phrase in 1914, I think). -------- I'll keep this kvetch short ---- Enough, Already!