Myron Weiner
Dallas, Texas
Age, a mere number,
is neither enemy
nor friend.
Aging
Stirs us from primordium
Though maturation
To our universal fate.
Age measures our finitude
Aging, our fortitude.
Adding strength when young
Stripping when old
Of sensibilities
Of strength
Leaving only lassitude.
The years are not to be feared,
Rather, our decrepitude.
Age is objective
Aging, subjective.
Age is measured by the calendar
Aging by our strength of will
And our ability to look beyond our physical being…
MYRON F. WEINER, MD, is a retired geriatric psychiatrist who established the training program in geriatric psychiatry at UT Southwestern in 1990. He was Editor-in-Chief of The American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias, and contributed the chapter “Neurocognitive Disorders” to the 6th edition of the American Psychiatric Publishing Textbook of Psychiatry. He is a co-developer of the Texas Functional Living Scale and the Quality of Life in Dementia scale, the latter having been translated into six languages and used around the world. He has spent his entire professional career in Dallas, Texas.
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