No human process is linear. Your feelings of grief will come and go in waves, which may feel frustrating. And every emotion you experience is unique to you. Of course, we all share similarities in our lives, but none of us feel the same emotions. Even if we feel the same emotions, we all process it differently.
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Find out how to share your accomplishments and keep them alive for future generations. Read out tips on how to find programs that connect older adults with younger generations.
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Circumstances and chance have led Henley to a life of pain, a life of hospital visits. However, while enduring the great pain of draining tuberculosis abscess, he would leap around and laugh. Henley chose to force a jovial attitude when circumstance demanded the opposite. This reinforces Henley’s determination against circumstance, a dedication to effort rather than submission.
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In the aftermath of loss, was it really within your control? Or was it a natural aspect of life that shall pass with time?
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So many of our “elders,” which can be anyone 50-60 and older, couldn’t be out publicly during their younger years, and we’re missing many people from the 1970s-90s due to the AIDS epidemic. Having older people in our community that have happy and full lives shows us in the younger generations that it’s possible to be out and safe and live a long life.
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While a disease is what took my grandmother away from me and my family, the last years of her life were not in vain. She spent quality time with those around her, in the assisted living facility that we, I soon understood, hadn’t carelessly thrown her into.
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Be the painter behind the canvas, the lifter with their weights, be the person that is fulfilled by life and invigorated by their passion. Set the goal of the self and then pursue it endlessly.
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Mother Nature has healing powers that are capable of being felt by anyone who’s willing to give her the time. In other words, taking in a breath of fresh air every once in a while might be the best option for one who is eager to improve, or at least feel more willing to embrace, the life they see around them.
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There is a common theme in the modern individual. We worry. In high school, we worry about college. In college, we worry about our careers. During our careers, we worry about retirement. After retirement, we continue to worry about life. We can’t sleep because we worry about the day.
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Volunteering and activism at any age are one of the most direct ways to impact and help improve your community, and among the elderly, it proves to be a great way to create a mutually beneficial partnership to occupy one’s free time while providing aid and support to their area.
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There is a common question to gauge one’s passion, “If you are the only human left in this world, what would you do?” This question is flawed, the dread, and necessities of the situation are often confused for the purpose of the question. I propose a new one. “What will you do in a utopia.” I propose that the most common answer is “I will create art”.
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Multigenerational living is a phrase that popped up a few years ago as younger millennials had to move back in with family for financial stability or to care for aging parents. Even though it’s an idea that’s continued to float around popular consciousness, it’s a real situation that families across the world have lived in for many generations.
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Sometimes we desire something more than anything. The painting so vivid in the mind is frozen by the trembling hand, then the paint dries, the sun sets and the canvas stays blank. The story is complete, the setting, the characters, the plot, all meaningful and interesting, the reader would put down the book, reflect upon everything, and become better for it. But the writer stares at the blinking cursor, blinking with the ticking of the clock, tick-tock, tock-tick until the sun rises again.
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In a time when the price of anything and everything is increasing, the question of how much one wishes to spend cannot be excused from certain equations. Nevertheless, there’s a case to be had for the manageable services presented by many different food-delivery apps.
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Decisions are assumed to be rational, where cost is compared to reward and rewards are scaled to personal value. But how are personal values determined? What is the motivation for our decisions?
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As one ages, their care for religion is likely to be more prominent. Of course, death is life’s greatest mystery; and while death itself is a mystery, different sects of religion offer possible answers.
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Preserving the life of an older family member or friend can be a large undertaking, and it’s undeniable that using technology is the best way to ensure that their memories and stories are available and easily accessible for generations to come.
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From the moment of consciousness, there is a duty that we must bestow upon ourselves. A question must be asked, the most important question, a question that matters.
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Whether your plans involve community events, religious traditions, or an intimate family gathering, it can be easy to lose touch with the happier times spent with your loved one in the midst of grief. One way to ensure that funeral plans include the grief of those mourning and highlight the full life lived by your loved one is by adding a celebration of their life to your services.
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