Joseph Casciani reflects on resilience through aging and physical decline, citing Stephen Hawking's continued writing despite paralysis using cheek-controlled sensors. He argues that purpose and the simple fact of being alive sustain the capacity to keep going, even when the road is difficult.
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Sometimes we feel like it's gone. Sometimes we feel like I don't have anything left, but I maintain as long as we're taking that breath, we're still alive and we can still tap into. I mean, look at, look at some people that have really declined and, you know, physically impaired like Stephen Hawking. I mean, how does he have that motivation to write a book after he's totally paralyzed and he used sensors connected from his cheeks to the computer to type. I mean, to me, that's resilience. That's facing and adapting to the challenge. So it's not an easy road. I know that. I've seen that over the years in nursing home patients. It's not an easy road. But at the same time, we can always tap into that sense of resilience that we have.
Yeah, and the good news is that we can, 'cause there's so many examples of people that are, just like you mentioned, there's some people that had some really serious challenges and they still, they don't let it hold them back. They still contribute, they still have a purpose, they still can do so. Even though it seems tough at times and even if you're just feeling down because you're older and you're not as healthy and you're not as energetic and you're not too happy with all those kind of things, you just got to realize, hey, that's just, that's the nature of the business but there's, you You can rise above anything in that. I like how you said, if you can still breathe, you're still here, you still have a purpose and you can be resilient. So that's a great message, Joe. Yeah, yeah. Thank you for that.
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