星期二, 10月 06, 2009

Embrace Ageing


The Nobel prize in medicine 2009 was declared at a press conference today at noon. It will be given to three American researchers: Elizabeth Blackburn, Carol Greider and Jack Szovak.

The motivation is:

"for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" (www.nobelprize.org)

Enzym helps our chromosomes to stay young and I believed that no one wants to grow old. Hopefully, there will be some cure for ageing and cancer in my life time.


When you grow old, every single part of your body decline, firstly, your pair of legs, as they have been supporting you for decades. Recently, my mom is wheel-chaired and fell off very often. It is sad to see her health declining on a daily basis. I started to feel that her days are counting.


My mom used to work 24 x 7, it's only 12 years since her retirement and she can hardly walk. Science discovered that regular sports may help to prolong the process of ageing, i.e. made you grow old slower. Yet, everyone is this world is live to let die.


There is simply so many things you cannot control, birth, ageing, sickness and death. What we can do is to look up the sky and pray to Thy Mighty and hope his saviour could help in some way.


I started to think that I needed to use my life in a more useful way, especially, when I look at the 24-inch gauge. So when I see Thy Worshipful Master in the Grand Lodge Above, I would be a good steward to him.

2 則留言:

B 說...

I share the same w/ you, bro. My dad is at late stage of his Alzheimer + Parkinson + diabetes... I couldn't express how I feel seeing him suffering and going downhill closer towards that direction every day. My best gf, knowing of more than 20+ years, w/ 2 angel-looking little girls and loving husband is diagnoised with cancer recently as well. I cannot ask thy Mighty above why but to accept of what I can't fully comprehend of his divine plan and my gratefulness to him has never been that great and close. He, the divine one above is the sole and only one who's in abolute control of everything this entire universe. I surrendered.
Sis.

Jennifer Wei 說...

as usual, sincerely hope ur mom would be getting better. life is ridiculous. sometime, I feel God just doesn't want us to be too happy, so he assigns different tasks to us, to challenge us, to push us growing. Likes u said before, let enjoy every moment we are. Who knows what we do is right or wrong, but be happy is most important. No matter what happened or will come to ur mom, let's give all joyful and peaceful to her.