What Can The Elderly Teach Us? - Thursday's MotivateUs Quote of the Day

Published: Thu, 09/19/19

Hi ,

It's Thursday,

September 19, 2019.

The elderly have life experiences that we haven't had yet.

Quote:

"The elderly have so much to offer. They're our link with history."
--- John Cusack

Yes the elderly do link us to history and... they have wisdom from years of experience that we don't have yet. What are a few pieces of insight they could share with you?

After reading several articles on this topic, I picked one by Nico Pitney. He writes about a gerontologist who interviewed 1500+ Elders for their advice on living and loving. Here are a few highlights and a link to the full article.

One of the biggest regrets of the very old was, I wish I hadn't spent so much time worrying.
If you lose yourself in the middle-age blur of work and kids, you really won't do your kids any good.
How you respond if your partner interrupts you while you're doing something is very diagnostic of how good the relationship's going to be.
Towards the end of life, what's really important to people is to be able to see how their life mattered, how it was meaningful, how there was a story to it that wraps up in a good way.

Have a great day and take care!

Love and blessings,
Marlene