Dear Nan:

You are welcome and please, do post anytime! I was wondering about you, after my last post to you.

About the first two lines of your latest post, about Logic and Emotions. The two should not work separately: it is logical to consider our emotions. It is illogical to see the two as separate entities. We are not robots, we are physiologically animals and animals do not have logic, only emotions to guide them: hungry->look for food, afraid-> run away. As humans we have an additional resource to guide us, logic, but only in addition to emotions.

It is good that your first and short term husband is gentle and does not pressure you. Regarding the timing, being close to your age, this is what I say to myself every afternoon: “All I have is this afternoon, and maybe this evening. And maybe tonight… And maybe tomorrow morning.” And sometimes I add: “And this is all I have and all I ever had.”

By this I mean, in the past, all I had is exactly that. There is no set amount of time to begin with and then we go through it. There is never a guarantee for the next day, not even the next moment. This puts gives my age a different meaning. What do you think about this…?

anita