There’s an African saying that claims “it takes a village to raise a child,” however in actuality it takes a village to get by way of life and our senior years may be our most difficult.Being alone and even feeling alone as a youth would not evaluate to outliving your family and friends. I’ve a buddy who’s 89 years younger and has no kin that he can converse of. He by no means married and had no youngsters and he moved loads. After we are youthful we are saying we’ll get to that, however in his case he did not. Now he lives in a nursing house, which he considers to be a demise lure. He says “no one leaves walking.” He lives for visits and outings that are arduous at occasions for folks with full lives, so we got here up with an answer, it takes a village.
A bunch of us put collectively a face e-book web page for our buddy. On this web page we’re in a position to do quite a lot of issues to boost his life and to make our lives simpler and free from seeming guilt. We schedule days to go to him so we all know he can have firm. We additionally organize play dates the place he can go see an exhibit or a film or simply take pleasure in a number of hours within the park. Others give him rides to church and different enjoyable outings that he has scheduled. We additionally doc tales that he tells us from his life, a few of that are very humorous and poignant. Everybody provides as a lot as they’ll, after they can. Then we put up footage for reminiscences which serves us all to recollect the enjoyment in celebrating life.This course of has taught us all a really highly effective lesson, one being if you happen to handle your self, you’ll develop into a senior someday. The second lesson is we do not have to be alone. After we are open to speaking to others, we can have firm. After we take the time to ask for help we may be assisted. I additionally consider if we live a very good life, which is a life the place we’re type to others. A life by which we offered service to somebody or to some group, the universe will handle you. None of had been put right here to be alone. We study once we are in numerous types of relationships and we’re by no means too previous to study. When a village comes collectively to assist one individual life is a studying fulfilling expertise for all.
