A friend told me that. I'm not sure she had the saying just right but the meaning is correct. Our older ones need to be given the respect they deserve. Their being alive today is a tribute to their strength and wisdom. Many survived through The Great Depression because of their very wits.
We do well to imitate their strength, their virtue, and their wisdom. They have so much to share with us and their knowledge may be going by the wayside. Do you have an older loved one or senior citizen in your life? It may be a good time to pick there brain, so to speak, so as to gain some of that wisdom in your life.
One of my best friends is an 85 year old woman named Marge. Marge is so precious to me, I think everyone should have a Marge in their life too. She tells me about her life and so many stories and I know when she is gone a library of information will be gone as well.
The Depression was a great learning experience and it built qualities in people that never would have been there had they the easy way out. Perhaps this time of turmoil is a time to reflect on what kind of persons are we, and will we allow difficulties to build in us virtue or otherwise?
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