Saturday, September 5, 2009 9/05/2009 11:57:00 PM
lesson no. 49-appreciates the oldies
On Friday, i was in a bus going back home from school when i saw this really old ah pek with a lady in her 40s-50s. i supposed she's his daughter. how sweet to accompany the dad to take the bus.
However, when i see the ahpeh, he was sleeping. very tired becos of the bumpy ride. hes got a paunch and he seems fragile. however, i see that he's got some charisma. Then i realised that probably we the new generation and youngsters are forgetting that these old pple once had their glorious and youthful days. and sometimes when we talk to them, they will always talk abt their past. how agile were they, how fun they were and the great moments they went thru before... and we always think that they are such a bore or they are very long winded to repeat what they said before.
why? all becos they missed their days. sometimes we need to think of these processes before we judge an old person. if not they are quite pitiful, and we wouldnt want some youngsters to treat us badly when it's our turn to be old. :D
empathize. not sympathize