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So we're here for part two,

uh, two part teaching on finding true refuge in this living dying world.

And I did an interview for a webinar a few weeks ago and the question went

something like this. It was Tara, you're turning 70 soon.

What are you learning about the process of aging? What are the challenges, you know?

So, you know, I shared that a few days earlier, I was going to take a power nap and

went into the bathroom to take out my hearing aids and put them in their little container.

And I went and slept for 20 minutes and they went back to put my hearing aids back in,

but I found that in that container were my earrings and my hearing aids were right here still in my

ears. And I've done worse. I mean, sometime back, I was in the shower and I was

reflecting on a taco is going to be giving soon on presence. And I was washing my hair and I realized

that I was using shaving cream. A Jonathan told me that was a good thing. I didn't start shaving.

So there's the everyday ditsy stuff. And I'm definitely losing recall of nouns.

And more, and this bothers me, I'll read something and I can't remember the content of what I read

or listen to something. And then physically, I'm often, it's very awkward. I'll be with trying to

open a package and I can't get it open. Are you know those lift open tabs on supplements and

vitamins and the small little bottles? They're so frustrating. I mean, how are you supposed to hold

on to them and pull them open? So I'll sometimes find myself with a knife violently stabbing open

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