…..and she saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved and saved most of the money she worked so hard to earn until one day years later when—secondary to the gradually deteriorating physical health which naturally accompanies the aging process for every human being who has ever walked the face of our blue planet— she was much less able to fully enjoy all that money she had accrued over the preceding years. She next stopped for a moment to consider what exactly she had been saving her substantial stash of money for in the first place. And what answer did she ultimately come up with? Yes????? An astoundingly savvy investment, maybe?? Well, no……..to be perfectly honest, she had forgotten the original reason by now, other than saving a lot of money seemed like a really good idea at the time and a slew of financial talking heads kept adamantly pushing this “sensible” plan on her until her natural resistance finally broke down and it became impossible for her to resist their logical suggestion. Moreover, she wanted to be absolutely certain that she had sufficient money set aside in case of a major financial emergency. Yes yes yes, that was the chief reason for saving her veritable Kilimanjaro of cash, she remembered now: She wanted to have a giant nest egg set aside in case something went tragically wrong with her life, but thank God nothing like that had ever happened! So now—decades later—she had this hard-earned bonanza to spend in any fashion she so desired, notwithstanding the fact she currently possessed considerably less mobility, considerably less mental acuity, and considerably less zest for life than had she elected to spend some of her earnings thirty years earlier when she was still vital, still energetic, still nubile, and majorly more physically attractive…..
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