Growing old never sounds like it’s the most amazing thing out there. Your body stops doing what you want it to do, your mind starts to fail you,… It’s bad news all around. And then we’re not even talking about the fact that at a certain age you’ll probably end up pretty much alone because everyone you once knew and loved didn’t make it that far.
South African Johanna Mazibuko knew that all too well. When she was already a whopping 128 years old, she asked herself what the point of being alive was if all she could still do was sit around and do nothing. A few months later, she sadly passed away.
