Day Eight - Exceptional, Superb & Powerful Life!

1.  Take a 10-30 minute walk every day.  While you walk, smile.  It is the ultimate antidepressant.

2.  Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.  Buy a lock if you have to!

3.  Buy or lease a DVR (digital video recorder), record your late night shows and get more sleep!

4.  When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement:  "My purpose is to _______________ today."

5.  Live with the 3 "E's"  - Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy!
 
6.  Watch more movies, play more games and read more books than you did last year.

7.  Always pray / meditate and make time to exercise...

8.   Spend more time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6!

I have a very strong opinion about the elderly of our country.  I am about to hop up on my soap box and share it with you... I hope you all still love me when I'm done....

Are we the only country that sees our elderly as a burden?  I do not understand the mindset of many who place their parents, or grandparents in a nursing home when it becomes too much of a burden to care for them.  I do understand that there is a time when we will be unable to PROPERLY care for them, but that is when we call in help!  These people raised us, they didn't put us in a home when we started to be in the way (well, most of us anyway).  

I spent many years in the elderly care business and absolutely love it!  There is so much to learn from the elders of our world.  I could spend hours just listening, and they need to spend hours talking to someone who wants to listen.


I found an article about "How to Reach Out to the Elderly in Your Community" By an eHow Contributor... to read the entire article, CLICK HERE...     Here are some helpful ideas

1. • Volunteer to read out loud, play board games or play the piano and sing at a local nursing home or extended care facility. Many seniors love to have visitors, especially if their family lives in a different city or state.
   • 2  Visit your local senior center or community center, and ask about volunteer opportunities. There may be a whole list of possibilities!
   • 3  Offer to get groceries or run errands for someone at a local semi-independent senior community.
   • 4  Give a few hours a week to Meals on Wheels, dropping off dinners to elderly residents of your area.
   • 5  Provide regular rides to someone who no longer drives; ask your local community volunteer coordinators if they know of anyone, or ask at a nearby nursing home.
   • 6  Join a 'Rent-a-Grandma' program. Many senior centers and care facilities invite parents and children to visit so that elderly residents can spend some time with babies, toddlers and even school-age kids.
   • 7  Ask at a nursing home if you and your pet can visit. Some facilities like to have people with well-behaved dogs, cats and other small animals visit the residents.
   • 8  If you are involved with sports and fitness, volunteer to help with physical activities at a local senior center or home.
   • 9  At holiday times, offer to participate in seasonal or spiritual celebrations at a local nursing home or care facility, or invite a senior to share in a holiday dinner at your home.

Read more: How to Reach Out to the Elderly in Your Community | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/how_7385_reach-elderly-community.html#ixzz216Rg2O6w

Ok, I'm done.  On the other side, I LOVE kids too!  I was raised surrounded by cousins and grew up helping care for them as I got older.  I have kids, grand kids and friends with kids.  There is so much to learn from kids too!   Take time away from your troubles; play hide and go seek, make something with play-do.... or finger paint!