How to love the elderly
Let him speak… because there is in his past a treasure full of truth, beauty and good.
Let him win… in discussions, because he needs to feel sure of himself.
Let him go visit… his old friends, because among them he feels revived.
Let him tell… his repeated stories, because he feels happy when we listen to him.
Let him live… among the things he has loved, because he suffers from feeling that we ripped pieces of his life from him.
Let him scream… when he’s wrong, because the elderly like children have the right to understanding.
Let him take a place… in the family car when they go on vacation, because next year you will have pangs of conscience if grandpa is gone.
Let it grow old… with the same patient love with which you let your children grow, because everything is part of nature.
Let him pray… as he knows how, as he wants, because the older adult discovers the shadow of God on the path he still has to travel.
Let him die… between arms full of pity, because the love of brothers on earth makes us better foresee the infinite torrent of love of the Father in Heaven.
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