Inspiration

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Today, September 21, is designated as World Alzheimer’s Day. This day was established in 1994, and the theme for this year is “Remember Me”. Please take a few extra moments today to cherish the memory of loved ones who lived with Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.

I hope you’ll also watch this touching video that honors famous people who have lived with Alzheimer’s disease. Many of these people increased our understanding of the disease and helped reduce the stigma associated with a dementia diagnosis.

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I’m fascinated by the attitudes of our American society when it comes to growing old. We tend to see aging as something bad, something to be feared and avoided, rather than a natural part of life.

We color our gray hair, pay big bucks for creams to diminish our wrinkles, and swallow all sorts of anti-aging pills. Today’s media tries to convince us that everyone over age 50 suffers from bladder leakage, chronic constipation, and a multitude of aches and pains. We joke about receding hairlines, bifocal glasses, and memory lapses.

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• Volunteers don’t get paid, not because they’re worthless, but because they’re priceless. (Sherry Anderson)

• Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile. (Albert Einstein)

• Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overcome the world. (Desmond Tutu)

• Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they just have the heart. (Elizabeth Andrew)

• Great opportunities to help others seldom come, but small ones surround us every day. (Sally Koch)

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One day when my son was in middle school, he came home with an unusual assignment. He was to ask his parents to write a brief essay defining mature love. Having recently gone through a painful divorce, I certainly didn’t feel like an expert on love. This was going to be a tough assignment.

But as I pondered the definition of mature love, I realized I had a whole trove of experts right down the street at the nursing home where I worked as a nurse. There I found couples who still adored each other even if their appearance was no longer beautiful by society’s standards. Couples that chose to stick together in spite of a lifetime of challenges that pulled other people apart. Couples who remained best friends over many decades. Couples who still loved to spend time together just like the ones you’re about to see in this video.

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