Old age... something which everybody fears ! Why? because one becomes dependent ? helpless ? weak ? isolated ? aloof ?
Can it be better ? yes sure it can be if we respect older generations and set an example for future generations. Taking care of people at an old age is something that is taken as a burden. I have seen people doing it happily for initial few days but as time passes, they are reluctant to even give the older people a glass of water. Those sons and daughters who got more than 100% from their parents are not able to do even 1% for them. Don't they feel ashamed ??? Parents looked after you day and night, tolerated all your tantrums, stayed awake whole night just to make you sleep and children when they grow up forget all this, make up their own world which has no place for parents !!!! Children mean the world to parents, but for many children parents mean nothing once parents become old.
Its pitiable to see it happening daily in our surroundings, our homes. At least us, who want to take care of our elders should do it whenever possible and when the time comes.
Take care of them, sit and talk to them. Just throwing money wont help, show them that you really really care.
I am not yet doing what I can in this front, but I will try to......
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yep getting old is my worst nightmare!!!
But does that mean succumbing to them in case of DOO?? Respect is always there as one can never forget the hardship that they have gone thru for us.
But if u mean that one should succumb for respect then I disagree, as with the education that they have given us .. it sometimes becomes hard to do that ..
So, what feel is that a transperency of thoughts shd be there along with respect [offcourse] to keep them happy and inturn keep ur self happy [:)]
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