Game Over!

The time has come, at one month short of 64 years of age, to officially declare, “Game over!” There’s no need to mince words on the matter. Actually, the declaration could have been made over a decade ago. The criteria?

• No family or offspring
• No friends or social network
• No wage slave job
• No money
• No hobbies or interests

That’s essentially the definition of a pariah, an outcast, an outsider. Frankly, though, the aforementioned criteria are distractions or “immortality projects” pertaining to the “vital lie.” Pushing aside all aspects of the “vital lie” leaves nothing of the material world, only stark consciousness and the organism itself. Reality is stripped of superficialities. All that’s left is life and death.

In view of “Game Over,” there will be a policy change for acquisitions of useless (or useful) possessions. The procurement process must now review whether the acquisition(s) can remain in service until end of life much like the standard old codger’s windbreaker jacket.

The observation stage of the senior citizen life-style is drawing to a close. At this point in time, there is much concern about the viability of living beyond 70 years of age. Significant degradation in the so-called “quality of life” is of primary concern. From all indications, there are no happy “Golden Years” senior citizens except in the imaginary AARP world.