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How many of you look at the older person as a pain? Come on they move at a pace that comes close to a snail and when your behind them you are delayed for your own busy lifestyle.
Theyre always making buses late trying to count out their change for their concessionary fare. The queue in the chemist is always out of the door on pension day, just at that time when you are in a major rush and need to pay that bill that has been bothering you for ages!
Now lets try and imagine we are in their shoes. We work all our lives trying to make the world a nicer place for our children to grow up in. We were children once who ran about furiously thinking that if we didn't rush we would be out of time. We all met our true loves and married and helped the population by having our beloved children, experienced the heart break and the pain of losing loved ones and friends. Our grandchildren look up to us and realise that we are wise and know the answers to everything.
Why not just take some time out of your busy lifestyles to see that we do not grow old gracefully, we lose respect, our looks, our figures. This is something that we are brave enough to accept and understand. We try not to be angry with those who laugh at us and make remarks, but there is only so much we can take.
We are people with feelings and minds too
One day YOU will grow old and understand what I am saying. Until then please just try and understand that we are people with feelings and minds too and treat us with some consideration.
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The government has passed a law stating that adult children have to visit their ageing parents often, although they don't define the term "often", or risk being sued by said parents for neglect of their needs.
A combination of economic development leading to people moving to the cities for work, increased longevity and the one child per couple policy has resulted in a degree of breakdown of family ties and the ancient culture of extended families looking after the elderly.
More Chinese people are living longer and, as in the West, more are living alone in old age. With no welfare safety net there will be fewer earners to support the elderly and perhaps even a disinclination to do so if they start to value money more than family and old ideas of duty.
Please sign this if you live in the UK or are British..and send to anyone you know who fits that description. The British government has recently made clear that our ageing parents are not welcome..we need 100,000 signups for the govt to debate this in parliament..otherwise Brits will be condemned to living apart from their parents as they get older or leaving their home! Where is the respect for those who have given us life?! Please sign and share with as many people as you can..we are a long way away from where we need to be but let's not let the government get away with this.
at the same time, these old people are our origin and are the ones who gve birth to us !! the took care of us and now it is our turn..
i would seriously prefer living all by my self at my old time and never b dependent on elseone... thats my plans
But my advise to all oldery people around the world to learn about Islam & be muslims, I pet they will enjoy their elderly.
Regards,
Riyadh, KSA
Fred