Today we were invited to a birthday party. The birthday girl was my friend’s mom, and we celebrated her 94th birthday together.
The mom looked really calm with a gentle smile. I could not talk much wih her because she speaks only Spanish, and I don’t know Spanish language. All we could was just to exchange our smile. But her gentle smile eloquently told that she has powerfully lived through her life. I felt her strength in her soul.
They introduced her life as in a presentation to celebrate her life. According to the information, she had a tough life from the beginning. She lost both of her parents and became an orphan at the age of three, and was adopted by her foster parents. She went through the World War II and the World depression. In her personal life, she got married and had children. Now she has grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
I was happy for her to have a big number of her family members to gather up and celebrate her life together. This is one of the rewards that she has lived through a tough life. When she became an orphan, she would have never imagined of future family members. She would have felt lonely without her immediate family members. Now she has a lot. I thought it is an amazing story to give us hopes about our future.
I like to listen to elders’ life stories. Especially the elders who had gone through a lot in their youth years. They will make themselves to be the best counselors. Because they know the pains and sorrows as well as the techniques how to overcome them.
It is my sincere hope that we all have opportunities to communicate with wise elders so that we can learn from them. And they have opportunities to pass down their wisdom to younger generation people.
Life is supposed to be full of ups and downs. If our life is only full of happiness, it will be boring. Let’s enjoy colorful life. And, when the time has come, it will be our turn to pass down our wisdom to younger generation people.
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