MrScorpio Talks To Everyone

[mopinko]

32. great read, sir. thank you.

so important. and a fruitful exercise this 6 degrees thing.
i am a very lucky person. straight, white, well to do.
i dont think i take that for granted. i was raised poor, and know i may well die poor. at retirement age, and should be ok. but i know that a few catastrophes could easily befall me. and at 61, i am seeing agism creep in on me. not the sexy young thing i once was. the world looks at me differently now.
all you youngens would do well to remember that it will happen to you should you be lucky enough to get old.
and of course, at some point almost every one of us will be disabled, or at least a lot less able than we are right now. several broken bones over the last couple years, and knobbiness growing in my fingers and pain in my joints, remind me of that.

of course, there is also the lack of privilege for those we love. i have a daughter who is disabled, and also gender queer (her words)
shit happens to her that i can only dream of protecting her from. but isnt that privilege, too. to protect those we love is a privilege. so many can only watch and cry.

yes, we are all in this together. or we will be some day.
if only the lucky and selfish could truly suck that in.