My Encounter with Elderly People: Another Phase of Life.
Life comes in stages, each characterized by different lifestyles and responsibilities. As children, we live, talk, and play like children, often doing silly things under the watch of our parents who are responsible for our growth, development, and learning.
This phase transitions into adulthood, where we face career responsibilities, decision-making, family responsibilities, and other life challenges.
The journey through these stages ultimately leads to old age, where mummies and daddies become grandparents or elderly people.
My encounter with elderly people, particularly my grandparents, has provided me with profound insights and an in-depth understanding of life's various stages.
The Old Age
Living with and engaging with elderly people, especially my grandparents, has given me the privilege of learning profound things and having an in-depth understanding of the various stages of life. Their wisdom and life experiences, gathered over the years, have offered valuable lessons that cannot be downplayed.
Their stories of past experiences and victories provide lessons that can guide or help us through our own lives. This stage of their lives is marked by a rest from the stresses of early and middle age.
They are now enjoying the fruits of their labor, their investments, and the company of their children and grandchildren.
However, they also face the inevitable challenges of old age. Spending time with them has taught me the importance of patience, love, kindness, honor, and respect. I have learned to understand the physical and emotional changes that come with aging and the significance of offering support and companionship.
These encounters have allowed me to develop a greater sense of love and respect for the journey of life as a whole. In this phase of life, their behavior, conversation, and way of doing things change. They become advisers to the younger generation, sharing wisdom while often speaking and moving more slowly and gently.
Their grey hairs and skin, stricken by time, show signs of aging with wrinkles, dryness, age spots, and fading complexion. They no longer possess the vitality and strength of their younger age and often require help with daily activities, as they can't do any more by their strength.
Despite the fact they are annoying to some extent, they are now in a phase where they feel relaxed, enjoying the fruits of their labor. They depend on their children for care, as their strength and energy have waned.
Overall, my experiences with my aging grandparents have prepared me for my parents, who are currently in their middle age. I have learned to face age-related challenges with ease, kindness, and an understanding heart. Therefore, my parents would be enjoying it because I have learned the qualities of being an aging grandparent. My scope or skill I would apply that time would be enjoyable and satisfying. My siblings must also learn these skills, and I'm going to enroll them in this topic, as our parents are growing. All this can be achieved through unity, peace, and love. As God's blessings will be upon us.
These are my experiences so far in relating to them.
Thank you for reading through. I hope you have learned through this piece of mine.
I love, I care and I forgive
I remain @peckypeace.