I find myself being pressured to be responsible for something I do not care about… and it is all completely unnecessary.

An elderly woman lives in a big house with a big yard, and refuses to leave. She would be much better off somewhere smaller, more suited to her situation.

I care about the elderly woman and I am happy to help make her comfortable, but she is using the house as leverage. Thus, the house has become a barrier.

Any effort to help her gets funneled towards the house and yard, and the mountain of work and chores that are required to maintain it. As a result, no one likes to visit for very long, and the decay is becoming obtrusive.

There are two things that I am learning from this experience: the first is where the game “Old Maid” came from, and the second is that I never want to grow so old that I am that insecure,.. that afraid of change.

In this world, the only way we can experience complete freedom and independence is if there is a slave class to create the illusion for us.