Today I heard some disturbing news on the radio. Studies have shown that the cognitive powers of the brain and the reasoning power, etc. peak at age 22 and begin to diminish at age 27! So, it now seems all you young things have scientific evidence to support your theory that you should not listen to anyone over age 30. My brain has been walking away from me for sometime now.
This gives employers a legitimate reason to discriminate and not to hire, and indeed to fire, old codgers like me and many millions of Americans! Corporate America has been treating the mature employee poorly for longer than I can remember. They use them, and abuse them and then throw them out with the rest of the garbage. Now, they have science on their side to do so. They think they can hire those aged 22 and get more out of them (and put less into them) than they can the old folks. They overlook the experience and wisdom gained from years of living and working. Even though our brain power has been draining from us old timers for some time does not mean there is no more wisdom or knowledge there. It may take us a little longer to get at it or to get it out so we can use it, but it is there and we know how to use it. What drains out leaves room for the new information and knowledge to come in. I happen to think us old codgers still have a lot to offer.
But, if science says we are becoming obsolete and worthless, then I guess we have no choice. With our brains leaving us, I guess we will just have to become vegetables. I wanna be a carrot.
I recently heard a touching story. A young couple, who already had a small boy, was going to have a baby girl. Every day the little boy would sing to his sister before she was born. He loved to do it often and would really put his heart into it. Everything was going well until the baby girl was born. Then there were complications and she was put on life-support. The doctors could find no reason for her not to get better. They did not expect her to live. They did everything they could but she kept getting worse. Big brother was not allowed to see her. He was devastated. He kept asking when he could see his little sister and when he could sing to her. Soon the doctors told the parents that the baby would live only a very short time. The parents decided brother should see his sister before she died, and be permitted to sing to her if he wanted to. Much to the dismay of the hospital staff, brother was dressed in hospital scrubs and taken into the room where his baby sister was. As he watched her, he began to sing his favorite song to her. He sang for what seemed like a long time. Then he told her good bye and left the room with his mother and father. That very night the baby girl began to improve dramatically! She continued to improve and the following day, or perhaps it was the day after that, she was well enough to take her home.
