came across this article in TODAY on Monday 14/05.
another sad news on ageing.Haha.I am a self depressing person.
I have to self type myself because the damn Today website didn't carry this article on their website. But it is too good to be left alone so that why I think this should be shared, because what she went thru may eventually happen to us in 50 yrs time. That's really a very long time indeed.
A documentary focusing on an elderly woman named Elizabeth Holt Hartford, who lived alone in a Los Angeles slum. These were her parting words, which were aired after her death a few weeks later. She said," You see me as an old lady who's all broken down with age, but what you don't understand is that this is me in here. I'm trapped in a body that no longer serves me. It hurts and it's wrinkled and diseased, but I haven't changed. I'm still the person I used to be when this body was young.
Those who are younger may find it difficult to appreciate the full implications of being part of the "unwanted" generation, to be aged in a time dominated by the very young, to be unable to see or hear well enough, to have an active mind - Like Mrs Hartford-that's hopelessly trapped in an inactive body, to be dependent on busy children, to be virtually sexless, emotionally and physically, in an eroticised society, to be unable to produce or contribute anything really worthwhile and to have no one who even remembers your younger days.
The article touched me. At the end of the article, it post the moral of the story- to extend our love and respect to those who have passed their prime.Is this value still being taught in Singapore? Will the current younger generation who are still schooling being inoculated this value by their teachers? I doubt so but we still have to give it a try. After all, everyone will grow old someday.
Meanwhile Mother day had just passed and now Father Day promotion is already popping out across the town.
Actually I think this year "FATHER OF THE YEAR" award should be given to the father who kneel to apologies on behalf of his son in the public to bus driver who was kena beaten up by his son because he wanted to "protect" his girlfriend. Congrats, we have an undisputed winner afterall. Haha
Son is a totalLoser.If you make a mistake, be a man enough to admit it.Beating up someone and saying it's a misunderstanding reeks of cowardice.Just what is happening to our youths nowaday?
posted by Immortali @ 10:54 pm
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