May 27, 2022 – Click here to listen
I’ve been having horrendous problems with my computer. I finally gave up trying to fix it myself and boxed it up and fed-exed it to a technically savvy friend and it turns out that my disc was too full. He set it up to store everything in the cloud instead of on my hard drive and that problem was fixed. Another problem with it was my Apple ID. I had forgotten it, but had it written it down in my notebook of passwords which unfortunately is in storage somewhere among the hundred or so other boxes I have stored there. To complicate matters the address stored in my phone had the wrong Apple ID stored in it. Somehow my buddy got all that straightened out on my laptop by changing the password and Apple ID and it was declared fixed.
Apple products should reflect changes from one device to another but when I checked my iPhone it had not been updated. I use my Apple ID frequently and I needed it fixed. I called my buddy but he could not fix it and recommended that I call Apple Care and go through it with their technical support team. Unfortunately, my laptop was in Tallahassee Florida and my phone was with me in the Florida Keys. The technician needed access to both. So using the three-way call option of my iPhone I got my buddy’s office on the line. My friend had left for the day – Arghhh!
No one was there but his technically challenged father. He was old school and didn’t even know how to use the trackpad and had always used a mouse. We were on the phone about an hour working him through using the trackpad instead of the mouse to navigate through the laptop which held the information that was needed and getting me to do things from my end on the I-phone. The technician was patient, knowledgeable, and kind. The technician wanted me to type in all the ID’s and passwords and I had trouble typing things in on my cell phone because of my poor vision and typing on a tiny cellphone keyboard with big arthritic fingers. I had to get my wife to do it for me.
After all was said and done we finished and everything is working perfectly. They are sending my laptop back today air express and it cannot be soon enough. This morning I got an email from the father asking if everything was working and I told him it was. He apologized for not being able to use a trackpad and I told him we are old. I couldn’t even type in the proper id’s and password, I felt like screaming at him because he kept telling me my password. I told him I’m the one who gave the password to HIM and I didn’t need him to tell me what it was, I just needed to be able to see well enough to type it in on their tiny keyboard. Geez . . . I almost lost it but kept my cool which was one positive thing.
I tell you of this dark adventure to remind readers that we will not remain young forever. We slow down as we grow old and patience is needed when dealing with old folks. We both were trying our utmost to fix the problem but it just took a while. Any of my grandkids could have solved our problems in minutes, not an hour. The senior tech guy from Apple must have been exasperated to no end but one could never have been able to tell it.
I dislike growing old immensely. I even walk much slower that I used to walk. I was deplaning the other day and walking up the steep ramp leading into the airport and the young gal behind me shot by me with a disgusted look on her face. I just smiled and muttered, “Your time is coming honey”. Barring an early death, we all will face getting old. We will not be capable of doing the things we did just a few years ago physically or intellectually. It is just another phase of life. Yesterday I had another malignant tumor removed from my neck. I have many stitches and it is uncomfortable. The doctor told me I likely got the skin damage that led to the cancer 50 years ago. I’ve already had several of those operations this year, I would imagine one of the tumors will eventually take me out and then I will get a new body in heaven. Assuming I will still have legs and can run, I think I’ll run all over heaven shouting for joy. I will gaze with my new eyes upon all of the beautiful sights God has prepared for those who love Him. My new ears will allow me to hear the birds singing in tune with the angels and it will be perfectly clear. No more cancer and painful operations will be endured. Yes, I’m getting old but that just means I’m getting closer to being with God and it doesn’t bother me like it once did.
I needed this little Pep talk today. How about some of you?
2 Cor 4:11
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
Have a great weekend and go to church this Sunday!