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Roger Landry (2014) started his book comparing life to autumn. He said "The spectacular colors of the fall foliage are compensation for long winters, spring insects, and temperatures not so temperate. I am drawn to the brilliant reds, oranges, and yellows of autumn, and I've decided that these magnificent leaves are a metaphor for how I want to age. I want to become more colorful as I grow older; I would like to blend with others to make more beauty than I can alone, and when my time comes, I want to fall from the tree" (p. 1). He went on to say that although this was how he would like it to be, that with longer life expectancies, and the myriad of chronic diseases, the end of life would be more like a death scene from a Western movie; long, drawn out and expensive. He specifically counted the losses that may result from a longer life, including independence, dignity and control over his own life.
As you learn more about death and dying, what might you see this process entailing maybe 25 years from now?
Landry, R. (2014). Live long, die short. Austin, TX: Greenleaf Publishing