BEING NICE PAYS BIG DIVIDENDS: 1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call, presume they have something important to attend to. 2. Return money that you have borrowed even before the person who borrowed you remembers or asks for it. It […]
A beautiful elegantly dressed woman told her psychiatrist that she was depressed and her life was meaningless. After a moment’s thought, the medico told her he would ask Mary to tell her how she found happiness. ‘All I want you to do is listen to her.’ The psychiatrist […]
ALL STARTS WITH EDUCATION: I was young once. To all my female friends from 40 years and up: Most of us are going through the next phase of our lives. We’re at that age where we see wrinkles, grey hair, and extra pounds. We see the cute 25-year-olds […]
Photo: Esther Collings and her husband Ronald were Australia’s oldest living couple in 2018. Globally, 99% of people born between 1930 and 1946 have passed to the other side. If you were born in this period, your ages range between 77 and 93 years old (a 16-year age […]
The presence of God in everyday life: I was just one of millions of poor kids when I was growing up. I was insignificant to everyone but to myself. My cash-starved mom used to send me to birthday parties with no present just so I could get something […]
MAKE READING INSPIRING AGAIN She hurried to the pharmacy to get medication. Then, returning to her car she realized she had locked her keys inside. Salvation? The woman found an old rusty coat hanger left on the ground. Despairingly, she looked at it and said, ‘I don’t know […]
WHERE THE SKYLARKS SING . The summer breezes balmy, Brought cotton clouds to rest, They drifted aimless, some were caught, Upon the mountain crest, The maid was plucking flowers, Her shoulder turned aside, To hide the blush upon her cheek, Was it a flush of pride? . That […]
MAKE READING FUN AGAIN: The beautiful, well-read and elegant 83-year-old lady was what most people aspire to but often fall short of. Every morning, the elderly mom was fully dressed at 8 am sharp, with her hair done in fashion and perfectly applied makeup. Today, she is moving […]
MAKE READING GREAT AGAIN: They call us the oldies. We were born in the 40s-50s-60s. We grew up in the 50s-60s-70s. We studied in the 60s-70s-80s. We dated in the 70s-80s-90s. We got married and discovered the world in the 70s-80s-90s. We ventured into the 80s-90s. We stabilized […]
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 ‘6’. He struggled to navigate the supermarket, and as I watched him go […]
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