{"id":119261,"date":"2023-08-08T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=119261"},"modified":"2023-08-08T12:03:57","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T12:03:57","slug":"growing-old-gracefully-remember-your-ageing-friends-and-relatives-by-charles-schokman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/growing-old-gracefully-remember-your-ageing-friends-and-relatives-by-charles-schokman\/","title":{"rendered":"GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY  &#8211; Remember your ageing friends and relatives \u2013 by Charles Schokman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><b>GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY<\/b>\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><b>Remember your ageing friends and relatives <span style=\"color: #808000;\">\u2013 by Charles Schokman<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pLV0r50peyw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kansashealthsystem.com\/news-room\/blog\/0001\/01\/food-for-thought-recipes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-119262 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kansashealthsystem.com\/-\/media\/Project\/Website\/Image\/Blog_BrainFood_AS50646583_img.jpg?h=482&amp;w=847&amp;la=en&amp;hash=2FB244DFA14A973F38587CB505CCA2F6C5E25371\" alt=\"elderly - elanka\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m still here\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My looks are nothing special,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My face reveals my age,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My body shows some wear and tear,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And my energy&#8217;s not the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Too often my memory fails me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And I lose things all the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">One minute I know what I plan to do,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And the next it may just slip my mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I try hard to avoid my mirror.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">There are things I would rather not see,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And even those times when I just catch a glimpse,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I can no longer recognize me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">The things I used to do with ease<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Can now cause aches and pains,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And the quality of the things I do<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Will never be quite the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119263 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/elderly-elanka-1.png\" alt=\"GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY - Remember your ageing friends and relatives \u2013 by Charles Schokman \" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I always compare my older self<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To those younger versions of me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And I know I&#8217;m wasting too much time<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Missing who I used to be.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But the thing that really makes me sad<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Is despite what people see,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Underneath my tattered, worn out shell,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m still the same old me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My heart can still feel endless love,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And at times it still can ache.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My heart can fill with so much joy,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And then it can suddenly break.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">My soul can still feel sympathy<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And longs for forgiveness and peace,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And there are times its light shines boldly through,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And times when it longs for release.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">It&#8217;s true, maybe now that I&#8217;m older,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">Feeling lonely may be status quo,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">But it also has made me more willing<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">To forgive and let past conflicts go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So maybe to some I look ugly and old,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A person who barely exists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m still quite aware of the beauty inside,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And my value should not be dismissed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-119264 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/old-man-elanka-scaled-e1691496071278.jpg\" alt=\"GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY - Remember your ageing friends and relatives \u2013 by Charles Schokman\" width=\"600\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">So although not as strong and no beauty, it&#8217;s true,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">I&#8217;m still here and want so much to live,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And I know that there&#8217;s no one in this world quite like me,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">And no one who has more to give.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">by\u00a0 Pat A. Fleming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 16px; color: #000000;\">A personal appeal to all young people across the world \u2013 Please treat the elderly and the infirm with respect and dignity because they still matter.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GROWING OLD GRACEFULLY\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0Remember your ageing friends and relatives \u2013 by Charles Schokman I&#8217;m still here\u00a0\u00a0 &nbsp; My looks are nothing special, My face reveals my age, My body shows some wear and tear, And my energy&#8217;s not the same. &nbsp; Too often my memory fails me, And I lose things all the time. 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