Senior citizen: Value addition for youngsters

Youngsters are well aware of the proven truth that elderly people are asset and highly important for them to guide the path of success and offer constructive solutions to intricate health and social issues of life.

Senior citizens are considered as a rich source of knowledge, have patience to tolerate ups and down of life and they have huge experience to handle the challenging situations of life. Still youths sometime ignore senior citizens and confined to their factions to enjoy and lead their professional and personal life.

My dialogue at this junction is to elaborate how senior citizens can go parallel with youngsters group and enhance their living surprisingly.

In many families, elderly people are overlooked especially in Indian societies when they invest all their funds to enhance the living of their children but they get worse life. It is heard many times that elderly people are not attended by their children even in their worst phase of illness due to greed of money or old people are just viewed as a waste material on earth. This mind set has to be changed because youngsters needs proper counselling as they are unaware of the preciousness of elderly people in their life. 

In expounding this strand, it can be accentuated that senior citizens can do wonders in shielding their family as well as whole society. Therefore their health and psychological wellbeing must be protected. It is a moral duty of youths. Numerous reports have been revealed that relating youth and elderly people give new direction to society. It can foster healthy relations and good rapport between the two age groups and bridge generation gap. The most visible benefit of balancing senior and youngster’s relationship is that it emboldens positive interactions between two generations.

There are some true episodes of proving value addition of senior citizens in the life of youngsters. 

In a shopping mall, one senior citizen went for normal shopping. He was picking spices and pulses from rack. Suddenly he saw, one smart sales person approaching him and explaining the advantage of organic food. Senior citizen listened quietly and when salesman finished his talk, senior citizen came close to him and praised his profound knowledge and the tone, style of elaborating about organic food. Senior citizen sensed his talent and just advised salesman that he should try fate in film line as your style is quite impressive and you can rock in film arena. You have some inner knack that you should not waste here. Initially, salesman took lightly, thinking that these may be praising word for him   and went home. After that he applied for acting in some production house just for fun. Surprisingly, he got job and flourishing in film line.

In another awe-inspiring true episode that gave direction to one girl to start career. She had just completed her post-graduation and was exploring career opportunities in her area of expertise. But due to pressing competition, she could not achieve to what she wanted. One day, when she was returning from attending library, normal routs were blocked due to some communal disturbance, therefore she took diverted route and saw one institute of her stream. She just entered and inquired to meet to the director. It was her luck that personal assistant allowed her to meet the director.

When she met director (Around 60 years of age), she confidently represented herself and about area of command. Then she enquired whether any project can be assigned to her from institute. Director listened carefully and then then tried to assess whether she can do some creative project in her field. She replied to make a try. After that in spite of many hurdles, she was able to complete the task and again visited to institute to handover the project to director. Director thoroughly checked and asked the logic of some elements of project. The logic gave by girl really awestruck director and he assigned high level project to her. Now she has gained mastery over those project and made good career that has great demand in present scenario. In such a way, seniors are valuable in youngster’s life. Some senior citizens have bird’s eye to sense the adeptness of young folk and they want to counsel but the question is that whether youths are listening.

When we have some health problem, our elders give lots of advices. When there is serious health issue then also they guide us. In one such health scenario, a couple met with car accident, male was injured and his hand bone got fractured. He was admitted to private hospital. Orthopedician suggested to insert iron rod in his hand for support. When male was coming out from operation theatre, his elder brother’s wife (62 years of age) instantly knocked the doctor, whether the rod is of perfect length to move or it was long which may hinder free movement of hand. Doctor was confused and he immediately moved back the patient to operation theatre and checked thoroughly. Then he said everything is normal. Here, smartness of man’s brother’s wife did save his hand movement. Doctor was also alerted. These great efforts of senior citizens cannot be forgettable and serve as incentive for youth and future generation.

There are abundant of such examples that can be stirring for youngsters. Seniors and youngsters synchronization will definitely contribute in making healthy society.

Gist at the end of the dialog is that connections with senior citizens really help youngsters to contour their bright future and acquire constructive ways to explore new things that can be beneficial for them to lead successful life. There is no doubt, younger generations are energetic, more adventurous and have bundle of creative ideas. Senior citizens can counsel younger generation to implement their creative sense in doable ways to enjoy the success.