OUR ELDERS, OUR SENIORS

The Golden Years are to some, comprised of those years when elders, or seniors, enjoy the fruits of retirement, social security, grandchildren and more importantly, a life of leisure. For some, these Golden Years come early and for other seniors these years come much later in life. The wrinkles, graying of the hair, lack of agility, aches and pains, memory loss, diminishing eyesight and hearing all reflect getting older, becoming elders and reaching the senior years. Along with this progression of life though, comes wisdom and knowledge. Whether elders or seniors are left with regret or satisfaction with their life, their experiences and circumstances surrounding their life, make seniors an encyclopedia on living. Their experiences, whether good or bad, are life experiences that many of us can learn from. Seniors exhibit a keen awareness and understanding of people and situations. This knowledge, this awareness, this understanding is embedded within them and comes with the experiences and situations they themselves, have encountered in life. It is this knowledge and those experiences that have gotten them this far. Their approach to life in general, stems from not only their awareness and understanding of life, but the strength and morals they built within the family structure.

Elders are far more capable of living through adversity than we ever will be. They are humble and sincere. They are honest and deliberate. Because of this honesty, it sometimes makes it difficult for us to digest what they sometimes have to say. They accept accomplishment and defeat with grace as well as life and death with grace.

So many of us see seniors as old people who know absolutely nothing about life and therefore, certainly have no input on the state of affairs occurring today. So many people see them as individuals who are just preparing to die. What we do not realize is that any one of us could die today or tomorrow, young or old alike. Depending on our longevity table, every one of us faces the possibility of reaching these older senior years. Any one of us could continue to live an independent senior life style or some of us could be faced with needing some form of help or assistance. Instead of seeing elders as a less meaningful group in our society who have grown old and out of touch, we should be looking to these seniors as individuals where lessons of life can be learned. We should be listening to them, watching them, cherishing their existence and taking care of them. They are the people who gave us life. Without them we would not be here.

Let us consider our seniors as valuable resources to life and learn a thing or two from them...patience, respect for others, honesty, perseverance, love, companionship, trust, commitment, sincerity, self-discipline and humility.

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