What We Can Do - Light Up a Lifetime!

The problems exist, the issues are in the open. What can we do to improve the situation?

The real target is the senior citizens themselves, to boost up their self-esteem, and with it, their whole quality of life. Let’s outline a few steps that we can take towards that goal.

The first thing anybody can do doesn’t cost a penny. Kind words can Light up a Lifetime!

The seniors need to hear from the rest of the society that they are loved, valued, and admired. There are so many ways to express those sentiments, through words, gestures, and rendering honor. That is certainly the way to start.

However, easy come, easy go. Junior may come to visit Senior, but when Junior goes back home, Senior is left alone.

So leave him or her something to KEEP THE MESSAGE WITH THEM. We have opened up a store with lots of great items! We’ve got stickers, pillows, sweatshirts, pictures, and loads of other items, all conveying the message with kindness and humor, with pictures and words: this is a valuable person!

We care for them, they are important to us, we value their wisdom and experience, and they still have great potential. A constant reminder like a mug or a pillow is so simple yet can be so effective in raising a person’s self-esteem.

(What can I say? I know the feeling. My kids gave me a simple “World’s Best Dad” mug five years ago, and it’s warmed my heart every day since.)

That’s the one-on-one solution with senior citizens. But there’s more to do; take a look at the next blog….

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