Thought for today:
"Old age should never be disguised or seen as a source of embarrassment or shame. It is not an illness, but a timeless ascent into the light of growing wisdom. Its shows the strength of the person and their skills for survival and reveals their grace in unfettered form. Above all, it reveals that there is no longer a need for the protective coats that mankind wears to shield their image. Old age denotes it to be a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of false modesty, the shell of material accumulations and possessions and the shell of ego. It represents perhaps the most single time in a person's life when one doesn't give a damn about impressing another and where the only type of communication to be used is to simply 'say it as it is!' So be careful the next time you converse with an older person and dare to ask them a highly personal question as you may not really be prepared to accept their truthful answer!" William Forde: June 30th, 2013.
"Old age should never be disguised or seen as a source of embarrassment or shame. It is not an illness, but a timeless ascent into the light of growing wisdom. Its shows the strength of the person and their skills for survival and reveals their grace in unfettered form. Above all, it reveals that there is no longer a need for the protective coats that mankind wears to shield their image. Old age denotes it to be a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition, the shell of false modesty, the shell of material accumulations and possessions and the shell of ego. It represents perhaps the most single time in a person's life when one doesn't give a damn about impressing another and where the only type of communication to be used is to simply 'say it as it is!' So be careful the next time you converse with an older person and dare to ask them a highly personal question as you may not really be prepared to accept their truthful answer!" William Forde: June 30th, 2013.
