Ya know whats crazy?

Ya know what’s crazy? The elderly. Most of us dismiss our elders as old windbags who slow us down; when our predecessors had it right. Sure they might smell funny and be slow. But they have so much knowledge, and so many stories. I mean, I cannot fathom having lived for almost a century. To have been born at a time when Cars were newfangled devices, and live to see the day when cars were a necessity (for us Americans’ it seems anyways) and you could talk to someone face to face around the globe, or even in outer space. It boggles the mind to think of how many good stories there are rattling around in their heads. Just imagine what they have seen in done in 70, 80 or even 100 years. It’s mind-blowing to thing of all the changes they have seen, to watch the world around them evolve and grow into this vast interconnected world we live in today. Imagine a time where you didn’t text someone when you were getting ready to leave, right before you left, when you left, when you got stuck in traffic, when the traffic started moving again, when you got off the highway,. When you were almost there, when you parked, and when you were outside their door. Imagine just, meeting people, or waiting for them. What a quiet and much more relaxing pace that must have been. To take your lunch break and actually take a break; not be inundated with emails and phone calls from work since really you never left work, you just have a very mobile office.

So next time you talk to your parents or grandparents, or that nice old lady crossing the street, take the time to have a quick chat or tell them how appreciated they are or even just that their hat looks nice.