No life. But no death either.

A home for old people. One where the very old people are. People who have nearly nothing left to live for, who are literally waiting for the end. Have you ever been there? No? Humour me and do it. It's an eye opener.

Go there and look around you. That is where society will send us. People have to get older and older because of science and health care. (Because we get older we're also 'allowed' to work longer, despite the number of jobs going down because of automation, but more on that later perhaps.)

Are people made to be that old? And in that way? Like little heaps of human who have everything behind them, and nothing ahead except the coffin? I don't think so.

How many of them would choose for a dignified end? Because a dignified existence isn't an option for so many of them. If you still don't know what I'm talking about then I implore you to have a look in such a home for the very old. Look at the walkers. The wheelchairs with all kinds of supports in which old people are fed. People who sleep most of the day or have no clue what's happening around them.

That's not for me. I would like to keep this life and death in my own hands. Enough, after all, is enough. Also where life is concerned.