Do you fear of growing old?
Are
you satisfied with how you look? Does your
self-esteem revolve around your physical appearance?
This
is time to broaden your concept of
beauty. Love your body – it is the
extraordinary instrument through which your spirit expresses itself.
In
the world today, millions are being spent by both men and women on their body,
whether its botox or liposuction or whatever processes that make them outwardly
beautiful.
Accept
ageing with grace. Accept what you see
in the mirror. Be at peace with yourself
as you let go of impossible self-imposed.
Live in the present, not in the past (how you used to look) or the
future (how you will look when you find time for more exercises).
One
of the many fears in life is of growing old.
Too many, youth means life; age means death.
Fear
robs men of their courage, enthusiasm and hope.
The secret to a full life is to have no fear of death.
How
does one rid oneself of fears? It is
with knowledge and understanding. Take a
look at the fear of ageing.
When man incorrectly identifies himself as a
physical body, he becomes afraid, however, when he experiences himself as an
immortal spiritual being, the fear of death disappears.
When
I am in my state of self-respect, I am internally stable, whatever the
situation outside may be.
Even
insults do not stop me from moving forward.
True
beauty is long lasting, and is not destroyed by age. It is reflected not in
physical features, but in spiritual qualities such as contentment, happiness
and peace.
The
inner beauty is reflected on the outside.
Unlike
physical features, spiritual qualities improve with the passage of time.
The
sun 27/2/12.
Personally,
I like to read articles from this author.
I won’t miss to get The Sun on every Monday at the 7e. The words are
easy to understand and mostly reminding us on happiness, love, peace and
contentment in life.
The
topic today is very interesting – about getting old. Yes, if we were to sit
down and try to imagine of how our ageing life would be...it scares us. Will we
be healthy throughout or will be full of sickness ..or worse still, will we become
a vegetable..with life totally depending on others. Will our family take good care of us...Those
are the questions that will always linger in our mind, immaterial to whether we
say it out loud or not. Islam teaches us
to always remember of death, for, that way it reminded us the need to improve the qualities of our remaining life.
It teaches us to become more closer to The Al Mighty, and the most important
thing is to purify our heart from any sorts ill feelings. Anything bad comes from the heart. This is because the heart acts faster than
the mind. So dear heart...be good to
your master.
It
pains us to see our family or friends who has to suffer because of illness and
the initiatives taken by the people around them to care for the sick. The difficulties
face by the family in the everyday life..with lots of patience and strength needed
to care for them. But the greatest value will come when the care given is with
full of TLC (tender loving care). As we know’ many a time the
person who cares for the sick becomes more sick mentally that the sick...and
then we run out of patience.
I
experienced of taking care of the sick..of my late mother-in-law in her earlier
dymentia. Then of my late mother when she was warded at Hosp Putrajaya after an
operation of the hip bones. She was
mourning of pain and I was there accompanying her. I remembered a Kelantan Chinese lady (spoke
very good malay) saying that I was very patience attending to my late mom.
Actually in that situation, what can I do?
Get angry with her? Well, she was expressing her pain and I have to
understand her conditions. Discharged after that.
On
my retirement day, she was warded at Hosp Serdang. I was at the hospital with her. I remembered
well, after having sleepless nites, I intended to go back to sis’s place to
have some hours sleep. It was ramadhan
and I wanted to wait until she had fallen asleep and I would go. After
breaking fast, I went to Alamanda Putrajaya to buy her needs. Came back and waited for her to sleep. I
noticed that her breathing was fast. Called the nurse, they attended to her and
shortly after that, she drew the last breath. I would have regretted so much
should I have gone back and left her alone. The nite before that, while having
sahur, I was watching the TV at the ward about orang yang nazak – that we
shouldn’t cry and let them go peacefully...because pemergiannya adalah untuk menyahut
panggilan Yang Maha Esa. It was as though that the message was a reminder to me. About 1 month
later, my mother-in-law passed away.
Yes,
you need a lot of patience, endurance and strength to care for aged and the
sick, especially in dymentia. The frequently same asked questions that you
have to answer. At least, in all I have
the experiences of taking care of the aged and the sick...
Well,
that much that I can share about getting through old age...
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