Those Still Here Are Called “The Elderly”
“Many have passed away, and those who are still here are called
“the elderly.””
We were born in the 40s-50s-60s.
We grew up in the 50’s-60’s-70’s
We studied in the 60s-70s-80s.
We were together in the 70s-80s-90s.
We got married or not and discovered the world in the 70s-80s-90s.
Adventuring into the 80s – 90s
We’re settling in to the 2000s.
We became wiser in 2010s.
And we’re going strong into 2020 and beyond.
Turns out we went through EIGHT different decades…bl
TWO different centuries…
TWO different millennials…
We’ve gone from phone with operator for long distance calls, pay
booths, video calls worldwide.
We’ve gone from slides to YouTube, vinyls to online music, handwritten
letters to emails and Whats App.
Live games on the radio, black and white TV, color TV, then HD 3D TV.
We went to the video store and now watching Netflix.
We’ve known the first computers, punch cards, disks and now we have
gigabytes and megabytes on our smartphones.
We wore shorts all through our childhood, then trousers, ep pants or
mini-skirts, Oxfords, Clarks, jumpsuits, and blue jeans.
We avoided childhood paralysis, meningitis, poliomyelitis,
tuberculosis, swine flu and now COVID-19.
We’ve done roller skating, roller blading, tricycle, bicycle, moped,
gasoline or diesel and now we drive hybrids or electric.
We played with the little ones
horses and checkers, ostrich and marbles, 1000 threshold and monopoly,
now there’s candy crush on our smartphones
And we read… much
And our schoolmates’ religion was not a subject…
We used to drink tap water and lemonade in glass bottles, and the
vegetables on our plate were always fresh, today we get meals delivered
Yes, we have been through a lot but what a beautiful life we have had!
They might describe us as “ex-annuals”; people who were born in this
50s world, who had an analog childhood and digital adulthood.
We should add the Biological Revolution that we have witnessed. In
1960, biology was very descriptive. We have witnessed the event of
Molecular Biology: the molecules of Life have been discovered: DNA,
RNA etc. When you see everything that has come from it: gene therapy,
gene fingerprints, and others the progress is considerable.
We kind of have “seen it all”!
Our generation has literally lived and witnessed more than any other
in every dimension of life.
This is our generation that has literally adapted to “CHANGE”.
A big congratulations to all the members of a very special generation,
which will be UNIQUE.. “
Author Unknown
Image by Ghasoub Alaeddin from Pixabay
“Fix your thoughts on what is true, and honorable, and right, and pure, and lovely, and admirable. Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.”
Philippians 4:8
There is no old-age in God’s kingdom. He never creates anything that turns old but which is perfect and eternal. Old-age is fear , illusion, and is there only in the mind. The problem is only in our minds.