Honor her

"A mother's love is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking, it never fails or falters, even though the heart is breaking"

"A mother will always forgive her child no matter what wrong is done to her"

Living healthy

Healthy Living

1. Eat light

2. Do not smoke or drink

3. Do not stop working

4. Have a nap in the afternoon for 15 - 30 minutes

5. Regular exercise

6. Stay young at heart

7. Do what you enjoy doing

8. Communicate with young people

9. Bless others

10. Pray

Unequal Ageing

Unequal Ageing

1. Seventeen per cent of older people have less than weekly contact with family, friends and neighbours, and 11 per cent have less than monthly contact. (source: Victor, C., Bowling, A., Bond, J. and Scambler, S. (2003)  Loneliness, social isolation and living alone in later life, Swindon: ESRC)

2. Rising number of elderly abandoned at public hospitals in Malaysia. Ninety-five percent of abandoned elderly came from poor families. (source: The STAR - Monday, October 8th, 2012)

3. Why the elderly are not given the time of day today

• change in society's value
• assumption that society/government is responsible
• payback time
• need to work to make ends meet (aka busy)
• financial constraints
• simply do not want to look after their elderly parents
• could not make sense of the changes in parents' behaviours (due to insecurity, depression  and loss of memory etc.)
• need/want space and privacy

past, present, future

choice of living - past, present, future

some live in the present
enjoying, entertaining
and be entertained
hardly thinking of the future

some live for the future
the present, deferred
surrendering self
sacrificing
hoping for a better future

(now that autumn is gone and winter is here to stay (for how long... no telling for sure)

busy becomes an excuse
of not being present
when the past calls...

ache, loneliness and tears
the only companion
present

Stirred and Moved

Shaken and stirred ... but not moved?

to stir is to rouse, as from indifference, and prompt to action
to move is to initiate an action; act

how to shake and stir the entertainment-centered generations to move beyond what is comfortable and familiar to think others?

Another year

Another year

a new season full of promises

to partake and to give

to steer and to direct

run and keep on running

despair not

surrender never

keep on moving

steadily

run with purpose

run with discipline

run to win

and keep on asking and inquiring

inquiring and asking and exploring

and when opportunities come knocking

welcome them with open arms and minds

and give thanks for the blessings!!!

Purpose of Life

once said:

The adventure of life

is to learn

The purpose of life

is to grow

The nature of life

is to change

The challenge of life

is to overcome

The essence of life

is to care

The opportunity of life

is to serve

The secret of life

is to dare

The spice of life

is to befriend

The beauty of life

is to give

The joy of life

is to love