Ever get a song stuck in your head that just won’t quit?
Eleanor Rigby. Not the original version by the Beatles, but covered by David Cook on American Idol. Go to youtube.com and check it out.
It does have the haunting hopelessness of the original version but a new level of passion comes through. I think of this as I consider visits to many nursing homes. You see hall after hall of seniors in their wheelchairs just outside their doors. They are waiting.
Waiting for someone to notice. Waiting for someone to give a smile. Waiting for something to happen. Waiting for life to be over.
In their lives, many times waiting =wanting.
All the lonely people
Where do they all come from?
All the lonely people
Where do they all belong?
How do we answer these questions? How do YOU answer these questions?
They come from US. They are our family, friends and former co-workers.
They belong in our hearts. Let us not be content to group them together in “homes” out of sight and out of mind.
Tomorrow I will talk about the incredible experience of teaching 7th graders to forget selfishness when they all “adopted a granny”.
It’s the SIMPLE thoughts, gestures and words that can bring SOLUTIONS into the lives of seniors!
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