My grandmother passed away last week.
Difficult as her loss is, I am so grateful to have spent a lot of time with such a kind & caring woman.
I'd like to share some principles that have enabled me to feel this gratitude
& may help you if you have elderly relatives or friends.
Difficult as her loss is, I am so grateful to have spent a lot of time with such a kind & caring woman.
I'd like to share some principles that have enabled me to feel this gratitude
& may help you if you have elderly relatives or friends.
Visit or call:
If you have elderly relatives or friends, meet or speak with them regularly.
They matter as much as anyone else (or maybe even more because a lot of people will neglect them).
If you have elderly relatives or friends, meet or speak with them regularly.
They matter as much as anyone else (or maybe even more because a lot of people will neglect them).
"The first thing which philosophy undertakes to give is fellow-feeling with all men;
in other words, sympathy and sociability.โ
- Seneca, Epistles 5.4
in other words, sympathy and sociability.โ
- Seneca, Epistles 5.4
Make time count:
As with anything in life, each time you speak with elderly relatives or friends could be the last time.
Ask questions. Listen. Be present.
And for ๐คฌ's sake, forget about your phone for a while.
As with anything in life, each time you speak with elderly relatives or friends could be the last time.
Ask questions. Listen. Be present.
And for ๐คฌ's sake, forget about your phone for a while.
"In sum, life is short:
make your gain from the present moment
with right reason and justice.
Keep sober and relaxed."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.26
make your gain from the present moment
with right reason and justice.
Keep sober and relaxed."
- Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 4.26
Be patient:
Later life brings inevitable health issues.
Someone's difficulty hearing or seeing or understanding you is much harder for them than it is for you.
See it from their perspective. Be caring. Make things easier for them.
Later life brings inevitable health issues.
Someone's difficulty hearing or seeing or understanding you is much harder for them than it is for you.
See it from their perspective. Be caring. Make things easier for them.
โIn conversation, one should attend closely to what is being said,
& with regard to every impulse attend to what arises from it;
in the latter case, to see from the first what end it has in view, & in the former,
to keep careful watch on what people are meaning to sayโ
โM7.4
& with regard to every impulse attend to what arises from it;
in the latter case, to see from the first what end it has in view, & in the former,
to keep careful watch on what people are meaning to sayโ
โM7.4
Offer help:
A straightforward task for you may be almost impossible for someone else.
They may need assistance but be too polite to ask.
Let them know you're willing to help.
A straightforward task for you may be almost impossible for someone else.
They may need assistance but be too polite to ask.
Let them know you're willing to help.
โWe Stoicsโฆ take pleasure in bestowing benefits,
even though they cost us labor,
provided that they lighten the labors of others.โ
- Seneca, On Benefits, IV.13
even though they cost us labor,
provided that they lighten the labors of others.โ
- Seneca, On Benefits, IV.13
Honor them:
Apply the lessons your loved one teaches you.
Teach them to others.
This is how their spirit lives on long after they're gone.
Apply the lessons your loved one teaches you.
Teach them to others.
This is how their spirit lives on long after they're gone.
"What we do in life, echoes in eternity."
- Maximus Decimus Meridius, Gladiator
- Maximus Decimus Meridius, Gladiator
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