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"Old Person"

Had to pass this one on!

To an almost old person,


I never really liked the terminology "Old Person" but this makes me feel better about it.
And if you ain't one, I bet ya you know one!
I got this from an "Old Personal friend of mine"!


I'm passing this on as I did not want to be the only old person receiving it. Actually, it's not a bad thing to be called, as you will see.

Old People are easy to spot at sporting events; during the playing of the National Anthem. Old People remove their caps and stand at attention and sing without embarrassment. They know the words and believe in them.
Old People remember World War II, Pearl Harbor , Guadalcanal , Normandy and Hitler. They remember the Atomic Age, the Korean War, The Cold War, the Jet Age and the Moon Landing. They remember the 50 plus Peacekeeping Missions from 1945 to 2005, not to mention Vietnam .
If you bump into an Old People on the sidewalk he will apologize. If you pass an Old Person on the street, he will nod or tip his cap to a lady. Old People trust strangers and are courtly to women.
Old People hold the door for the next person and always, when walking, make certain the lady is on the inside for protection.
Old People get embarrassed if someone curses in front of women and children and they don't like any filth or dirty language on TV or in movies.
Old People have moral courage and personal integrity. They seldom brag unless it's about their children or grandchildren.
It's the Old People who know our great country is protected, not by politicians, but by the young men and women in the military serving their country.

This country needs Old People with their work ethic, sense of responsibility, pride in their country and decent values.

We need them now more than ever.

Thank God for Old People

Pass this on to all of the "Old People" you know.
I was taught to respect my elders. It's just getting harder to find them.
 
That was great! I am proud to be an almost old person. Oh, if we could teach these values and life lessons to our young people today, how different our world would be. It breaks my heart that so many of my older friends are no longer here. Empty houses all around where they lived. Almost all of my parents' friends are gone. It's hard to believe, but my generation is the next old person group. Thank you for this post.
 
“The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.”
― Socrates
The assumption that one generation is somehow across the board better or more accurately, that the next one is so inferior is not a new phenomena.
This Socrates guy was saying something along those lines about 2,400 years ago.
Even as a young man (late 30's) I fall victim to the logic myself many times. I think that while it often holds a lot of truth the inclination for one generation to view itself in relation to the next this way for virtually every generation for the last 2 or 3 millennium shows its mostly just part of the human condition.
 
I've known some crotchety, ill-mannered old people and some courteous, charming young people. And vice versa.
That said, I do think the later generations (self included) have not, as a whole, had to scrap and claw for the very basics. Perhaps that does make us a bit soft. On the other hand, our ancestors worked their aces off so that their kids and grandkids would have better lives. By and large, we do, and for that, I am grateful to all of them. As I tell my son: we stand on the shoulders of giants.

Every time I walk my fields and see the stone walls that have stood for many decades, and which were placed there by unknown prior people with doubtless backbreaking labor, I am amazed, and humbled. My dicey back twitches and aches just looking at them.
 

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