OPINION ELDERLY AND ABANDONED



ELDERLY AND ABANDONED
It was disheartening to watch and listen to the feature aired on one of the local stations about the elderly over the weekend who have been abandoned in homes for the elderly.
It brought to me anger at the lack of moral responsibility in people. It brought so many questions in mind: How does one get to the point that they no longer care for their parents or grandparents.Do these people have relatives? What issues can make one neglect their parents in a home and never call or visit?
At every question I felt pity at how this society looks at the elderly. How one can think of them as being less human than them, their only fault being that they have lived long. There was one particular man who was so shaky, he could not even eat on his own and this brought tears to my eyes. I wish I had the resources needed to alleviate the pain and anguish they feel at heart at being abandoned by their very own children.
There was a time that we all believed that we are in one given village and that your problems are mine and vice versa. I just wonder at the decadence of the society that is now filled with lust for money and riches. A society that sees the old as a burden and a bad image to its perfect life. A society that is never satisfied, that one man is a millionaire while another is a pauper and what he can afford is a meager piece, not able to satisfy even an angry cow. A famous philosopher once said, ‘Never ignore a person who loves and cares for you, because one day you may realize that you’ve lost the moon while counting the stars.”I just hope that they never get to that point of no return that of sheer guilt.
One’s life is more important than material things. Those who have chosen to neglect their parents or relatives should know the same fate awaits them that judgment is always in a circle. If it does not happen to you, the curse of it will come to pass in one of your descendants either your child or your grandchild. I wouldn’t want to mention Karma but that is the truth of the matter so act up now and do that which is moral tend to the old. A famous adage states ‘a clever person changes his mind with reason, a fool insists and regrets when it’s too late. It’s never late to correct a situation.
My parting shot to all those who have acted selfishly and have neglected their parents and relatives is shame on you. I don’t care what reasons you must have to abandon someone. No sin is too big in this earth to be forgiven and you are not God to judge and pronounce harsh judgement to someone who has lived and is awaiting to go home to the one above.

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