Bywyd Ystyrlon
Bywyd Ystyrlon ~ A Meaningful Life
“The only way death is not meaningless is to see yourself as part of something greater: a family, a community, a society. If you don’t, mortality is only a horror. But if you do, it is not.”
― Atul Gawande, (Being Mortal, Chapter 5 'A better Life', p126)
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Rydw wedi gorffen fy map o deithiau cerdded ugain munud. O leiaf, rydw i nawr wedi cael digon o bwyntiau i ddangos yr ardal yn glir. Nawr, rydw i'n meddwl rydw i'n mynd i archwilio'r ardal ac yn gweld y lleoedd rydw i'n gallu cyrraedd mewn ugain munud. Roeddwn i'n meddwl os rydw i'n gwneud yr un ymarfer mapio yn deng mlynedd byddaf yn gweld sut mae'r ardal wedi crebachu fel rydw i'n cerdded yn arafach.
Ar bwnc mynd yn henach, rydw i'n darllen llyfr diddorol iawn ar hyn o bryd. 'Being Mortal' gan Atul Gawande (https://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/). 'Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End' yw'r is-deitl.
Mae'r llyfr yn trafod sut feddygaeth fodern yn trio trwsio pethau pan pethau mynd yn anghywir. Dych chi ddim yn gallu trwsio marwolaeth, sy'n anochel, a rhai o ymdrechion i gadw person yn fyw yn canlyn dim ond dioddef i'r claf. Mae'n well (dweud yr awdur) i edrych ar beth sy'n gwneud bywyd yn ystyrlon i'r claf. Mae'r cleifion yn hapusach, yn aml, pan mae'r cyfleusterau yn fy fel byw gartre, gyda phlanhigion, anifeiliaid, a phlant hefyd.
Rydw i'n tua hanner ffordd trwy'r llyfr ac rydw i'n meddwl y bydd e'n bwysig i unrhyw un sy'n gweithio mewn gofal iechyd i'w darllen, yn arbennig rhai sy'n gweithio gyda'r gofal iechyd o'r henoed.
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I've finished my map of twenty minute walks. At least, I now have enough points to show the area clearly. Now, I think I'm going to explore the area and see the places I can get to in twenty minutes. I thought if I do the same mapping exercise in ten years I will see how the area has shrunk as I walk more slowly.
On the subject of getting older, I am currently reading a very interesting book. 'Being Mortal' by Atul Gawande (https://atulgawande.com/book/being-mortal/). 'Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End' is the subtitle.
The book discusses how modern medicine tries to fix things when things go wrong. You cannot fix death, which is inevitable, and some attempts to keep a person alive result in only suffering for the patient. It is better (says the author) to look at what makes life meaningful for the patient. The patients are often happier when the facilities are like living at home, with plants, animals, and children too.
I'm about halfway through the book and I think it will be important for anyone working in health care to read, especially those who work with the health care of the elderly.
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Disgrifiad (Cymraeg) : Codiad haul, awyr, cymylau a gwylan
Description (English) : Sunrise, sky, clouds and a seagull
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