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Honor your Father and your Mother

How many of us really follow this fourth commandment? Arguments definitely arise with our parents but if do not respect them, how can we expect our kids to follow suit? Getting on in life without tending to elderly parents is slowly rearing its ugly head. Everyone does need to get on in life and if this means that looking after the elders does not feature in the big plan, so be it. However, when the tables are turned at our dotage, we cannot complain - after all what goes around… The next generation is raised on a cocktail of materialism and economic growth over the priceless love for grandparents and elders. We cannot cry later because our kids have put us in an assisted living facility. When are we going to realize that unless we treat our folks with respect, we cannot demand this from our kids! Parents chastise their kids because they do not respond to them immediately when they call and/or are not respectful, do not make the time for them, have too many friends, etc. However when we treat our elderly parents with disdain, what does that say to the kids, I wonder? When we expect favorable treatment because of treats here and there but treat our elderly parents shabbily… remember the idiom - the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

Think it over - by treating our parents with love and respect, we change our lives for the better. When they cannot hear too well, speak a bit louder - never shout. If they need a hand while walking, support them. If they are lonely, talk to them. If they cannot see properly, use suitable lighting in strategic places that are ideal for them. At the end of the day, it is all about having a big heart and giving of yourself to your parents who did the same for you!

Peace out…

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Unknown said…

Too right!

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