The old laptop, a gift to my husband on his X birthday has started to slow down. It takes a long time to start up, it takes a long time to load pages and it basically takes a lot longer to do things compared to the faster newer laptop I received on my X birthday from hubby. Then a few days ago over dinner we discussed the need to replace that old machine.
"It's just too slow. I don't know what's wrong with it, I feel like giving it a good shake t make it move faster."
"It's just getting old."
"Yeah, but it's ageing prematurely."
"I doubt if you can do much to make it move any faster. If it's dying, it's dying. We'll just have to let it live its life out. I wonder if our kids will show us such impatience when we become old and start slowing down."
"It's just a machine."
"I know, but doesn't it make you think how machines are built so much like man? Their batteries 'die', they 'lose parts', they make a whole range of sounds from 'humming' to 'whining' and then we talk to our machines - 'C'mon, u can do this.' I know I talk to the navigation system when I'm driving. I say "Lady, show me the way" or "Not NOW!!!" or "Thank you, I knew I could depend on you even if you gave me trouble at the start."
Sigh.
It's uncanny but why do we get impatient when things and people slow down especially when we know the obvious truth that age is catching up and time has taken its toll? I hope that in my old age, my children will not treat me like a piece of worn out slowed down machine. I hope that they will treat me with respect and kindness, with understanding and tolerance and most importantly with love.
Enjoy the video. It's so touching.
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