"I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult."Dr. Seuss in an interview published in The New York Times Book Review
The elderly are often the most vibrant and inciteful people in our society. They are old and wrinkled, they sometime have an odor and their speech is not often crisp and sure but wisdom still manages to sneak out through their stories and gestures. You sometimes have to really sit back and examine your own visceral reaction to appreciate the importance of a seemingly unimportant appearing older person.
Let's make a point to give the elderly a chance to speak and communicate. They are often biased and inarticulate, they make out dated references to events and people who are no longer present. But, if you take the time to hear the history and the meaning in the conversation, you will appreciate something that is difficult to appreciate in our fast paced society; depth of character.
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