THE 'SACRED WORK' WITH THE ELDERLY.. WHAT'S IT LIKE?

An elderly man was living with his big joint family. Many members were around naturally in their own way and partly in their own world..

He was unhappy as he felt that none of the members were listening to and caring for him the way they used to listen and care in the earlier days..

One day he happened to meet one of his friends who was a well-wisher and a deep thinker in his life and told him the agony he was undergoing at that point of time.. The well-wisher friend comforted him and said,

“Dear! I agree with you that you are getting less attention from your people even though you are interested to advise and help them. May be you want to handover part of your responsibilities to them after educating them to a certain level on handling and taking care of these and that's not clicking in a way you expect them to react.. But if you see in depth there's a beauty here...”

The friend paused and continued..

“They are all your people and they believe you as their man. That still remains intact and it never vanishes from our minds as our attachments are very strong. Here you'll not leave them easily and they'll not leave you too!

Being aware of this emotional bondage at the back, my right advice here is..

• Silently withdrawing yourself from the areas of their personal expression
• Assist your people indirectly in their neck tight activities thru' your highly valued
• Co-ordination and follow-up all along
• Retaining your importance in their hearts as a true friend as well as indirectly
• Educating them on the pitfalls they can't foresee often making it a joke and thus
• Dedicate yourself to the cause with a certain sure

• Warmth
• Oneness feeling 
• Regard and 
• Kindness!

If you start doing this 

'SACRED WORK' 

Right from this moment, your present turmoil sure would never be seen as pain but a welcome work alone!"

Keyword: ELDERLY..