Before I die.

I want all the benefits of modern medicine. To keep me alive and thriving. For as long as possible. If I had been born 50 years earlier, it would have shortened my life. I would never have reached almost 80. Not even close. I'd have died of heart disease. But now there are multiple new ways to prevent heart attacks.  Ways to live well into one's 80s and 90s. In good shape. With assists from modern technology. Gives me more opportunity. To practice being what I am. A romantic idealist. A spiritual free-thinker. A political liberal. A lover. A dreamer. A writer. Maybe I'll become something else, too. Before I die. --Jim Broede