Taking the foot off the pedal...

So, here's my take on Poppy's last 5 weeks.

His wife dies and he figures, "why go on?"

He rallies for the shiva period, being the social animal he is, wanting to see the love everyone had for his beloved wife.

Then, he says, "That's it, I'm done."

He takes his foot off the gas, but with 87 years of the habit of getting up every morning and wanting to live, his momentum carries him forward.

Eventually, yesterday, he rolls to a complete stop. And that's it.

I think you can probably just give up...and then you do. It's like Victor Frankl writes "you always choose how you respond."

And so Poppy did.