Please remember your parents and all elder

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Good Morning

Today is World Elders Day. Please remember your parents and all elder who have

sacrificed a lot for us.I seek all elders their blessing and best wishes on

this day. Have a nice day and a good weekend.

Regards

Sheshagiri

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When an old lady died in the geriatric ward of a small hospital near Dundee,

Scotland, it was felt that she had nothing left of any value.Later, when the

nurses were going through her meager possessions, they found this poem. It's

quality and content so impressed the staff that copies were made and

distributed to every nurse in the hospital. One nurse took her copy to Ireland.

The old lady's sole bequest to posterity has since appeared in the Christmas

edition of the News Magazine of the North Ireland Association for Mental

Health. A slide presentation has also been made based on her simple, but

eloquent, poem. And this little old Scottish lady, with nothing left to give to

the world, is now the

author of this "anonymous" poem winging across the Internet.An Old Lady's

PoemWhat do you see, nurses, what do you see?What are you thinking when you're

looking at me?A crabby old woman, not very wise,Uncertain of habit, with

faraway eyes?Who dribbles her food and makes no replyWhen you say in a loud

voice, "I do wish you'd try!"Who seems not to notice the things that you do,And

forever is losing a stocking or shoe...Who, resisting or not, lets you do as you

will,With bathing and feeding, the long day to fill...Is that what you're

thinking? Is that what you see?Then open your eyes, nurse; you're not looking

at me.I'll tell you who I am as I sit here so still,As I do at your bidding, as

I eat at your will.I'm a small child of ten...with a father and mother,Brothers

and sisters, who love one another.A young girl of sixteen, with wings

on her feet,Dreaming that soon now a lover she'll meet.A bride soon at twenty --

my heart gives a leap,Remembering the vows that I promised to keep.At

twenty-five now, I have young of my own,Who need me to guide and a secure happy

home.A woman of thirty, my young now grown fast,Bound to each other with ties

that should last.At forty, my young sons have grown and are gone,But my man's

beside me to see I don't mourn.At fifty once more, babies play round my

knee,Again we know children, my loved one and me.Dark days are upon me, my

husband is dead;I look at the future, I shudder with dread.For my young are all

rearing young of their own,And I think of the years and the love that I've

known.I'm now an old woman...and nature is cruel;'Tis jest to make old age look

like a fool.The body, it crumbles, grace and vigor depart,There is now a stone

where I once had a heart.But inside this old

carcass a young girl still dwells,And now and again my battered heart swells.I

remember the joys, I remember the pain,And I'm loving and living life over

again.I think of the years...all too few, gone too fast,And accept the stark

fact that nothing can last.So open your eyes, people, open and see,Not a crabby

old woman; look closer...see ME!Remember this poem when you next meet an old

person who you might brush aside without looking at the young soul within...we

will one day be there, too!

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ANGER IS A CONDITION IN WHICHthe tongue works faster than the mind.YOU CAN'T

CHANGE THE PAST,but you can ruin the presentby worrying over the future.

13.5pt">LOVE...AND YOU SHALL BE LOVED.GOD ALWAYS GIVES HIS BEST TO THOSEwho

leave the choice with Him.ALL PEOPLE SMILE IN THE SAME LANGUAGE.EVERYONE NEEDS

TO BE

LOVED...especially when they do not deserve it.THE REAL MEASURE OF A MAN'S

WEALTHis what he has invested in eternity.LAUGHTER IS GOD'S SUNSHINE.

New Roman" color="#ff7f00">EVERYONE HAS BEAUTYbut not everyone sees it.IT'S

IMPORTANT FOR PARENTS TO LIVEthe same things they teach.THANK GOD FOR WHAT YOU

HAVE,TRUST GOD for what you need.IF YOU FILL YOUR HEART WITH REGRETS OF

YESTERDAY AND THE WORRIES OF TOMORROW,you have no today to be thankful for.MAN

LOOKS AT OUTWARD APPEARANCEbut the Lord looks within.THE CHOICE YOU MAKE TODAY

New Roman">will usually affect tomorrow.TAKE TIME TO LAUGH, FOR IT ISthe music

of the soul.PATIENCE IS THE ABILITY TO IDLE YOUR MOTORwhen you feel like

stripping your gears.LOVE IS STRENGTHENED BY WORKING

bold; COLOR: #007f40">through conflicts together.HARSH WORDS BREAK NO BONESbut

they do break hearts.TO GET OUT OF A DIFFICULTY,one usually must go through

it.WE TAKE FOR GRANTED THE THINGSthat

we should be giving thanks for.LOVE IS THE ONLY THING THAT CAN BEdivided without

being diminished.HAPPINESS IS ENHANCED BY OTHERSbut does not depend upon

others.FOR EVERY MINUTE YOU ARE ANGRY WITH SOMEONE,you lose 60 seconds of

happinessthat you can never get back.DO WHAT YOU CAN, FOR WHO YOU CAN,with what

you have, and where you are.

 

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