Wise words from this young woman!
“Twice this week, I have watched an elderly individual, fade into the busy life in which we all live. One man just needed Panadol for his wife but the shop assistant simply said it’s in aisle ‘6’. But he struggled to navigate the supermarket and as I watched him go in the wrong direction, I left all my groceries and took him where he needed to go.”
“Today, I watched an elderly man struggle in the heat, who had obviously had a fall with a huge scrape and blood on his leg. He walked past people in the cafe, while he slowly made his way to his car. Not one person stopped. Or looked. Or acknowledged him. I took him to his car and checked he was ok. He told me he had a fall and wasn’t sure how the air con worked in his car so he just didn’t use it. I sat with him, until his air con kicked in and heard him talk about the old frail body that he is in, that fails him now, every single day.”
“When you see an elderly person walking down the street, searching in the supermarket or struggling to their car, take a minute out of your busy schedule and ask them if they need a hand. Think about your grand parents and your parents and how pissed you would be if someone didn’t stop to help them. But more, think of them as you.”
“Once upon a time they were you. They were busy, they had work, they had children, they were able. Today, they are just in an older body that is not going as fast as it used to and this busy life is confusing. They deserve our utmost respect and consideration. One day it will be you, it will be us. I wish more people gave a shit about them and acknowledged them for their admirable existence and jeez I hope someday, not that far away, someone does it for me.”
Thanks to the author, Adele Renee. ♥️
@verulamschool@ali_cope My son came home telling me all about this, it clearly had a profound impact on so many of the boys (from what my son said) and the message absolutely landed. Thank you so much @ali_cope for sharing your story 🙏
When my dearest darling mum died, she had so many beautiful clothes in her draws never worn, she had been keeping ‘for best’. On International Women’s Day …..wear those clothes every single day of your life…..even going to Tesco.
England playing Afghanistan heralds a day of unmitigated shame. For all the Taliban’s obscene misogyny, cricket’s male-dominated governing bodies lack the gumption to refuse to play. My piece https://t.co/gwF77dlZ6a
‘We be there between 9.20pm-12.20am…..actually we’ll be there 8am-10am….scrap that, more like 3pm…. Erm no!!! I have a family to get back to, 22hours is acceptable is it?! I’m 74 miles away from home!! @TheRAC_UK
@TheRAC_UK 17 hours and still waiting to be ‘rescued’ by the RAC shockingly bad service. I’d like to get home now please!! Is this an acceptable waiting time in your eyes RAC??
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We are actually living in a time where Christians see mercy as offensive, empathy as a sin, and diversity, equity, and inclusion as a threat.
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness.” -Isaiah 5:20
Lord, have mercy.
@SkyNews are reporting this as a ‘lecture’ from Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde, but actually it was a heartfelt plea, a voice for vulnerable and persecuted. What an incredibly brave woman, no doubt she will not receive the praise she deserves, praying for her 🙏🏼
The amazing Wynne Evans, very generously singing at our ‘Carols by the Barrels’ evening last night in Shenley! Great to meet Tom Dean & Jamie Borthwick too! @stmartinshenley@bbcstrictly
My advice, for what it’s worth: try not to be distracted by the faintly discourteous, the mildly incompetent, the harmlessly obnoxious. Roll with the delayed trains, dropped litter and misused apostrophes. Save your powder for the truly malevolent creatures now stalking the land.