We need good support systems as we get older. But as many as one in five adults will become an elder orphan as life is taking people on a global experience. It has never been so easy to get from point A to point B, be it on land, by water, in the air and even space. This in turn has seen to the spread of peoples, separating families and breaking the pattern that elders have for long relied upon. And with more elderly people having less people to count on for support loneliness is quite inevitable.
Research has linked loneliness to many damaging effects on our health. Make health a priority by having regular check ups and recommended screenings. Eat well, sleep regularly, exercise body and mind enough and stay social. These are essential factors for maintaining good health.
To prepare ourselves for our old age here is something we should all do, designate a decision maker, for if you should become incapacitated, someone who not only manages your finances but also knows your healthcare wishes and will make sure that your needs are met.
Since aging is one of the few human conditions that effect nearly all of us we should see to developing creative public policies to help the vulnerable.
Sunday, 31 January 2016
Tuesday, 26 January 2016
Hero, Martin Luther King Jr.
Freedom is one thing. You have it all or you are not free. - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Born Michael King, on January 15 1929 in Georgia, United States and assassinated on April 4 1968. He was a Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian and leader of The African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He received his B.A. degree in sociology and a PH.D degree in systematic theology, with a dissertation.
His legacy was to secure progress on civil rights. The American Congress passed the civil Rights Acts in 1968. He has become a national icon in the history of American Liberalism and Progressivism.
In his commitment to non violence, even though he initially believed and practiced self-defense, he vowed to no longer use arms, believing that non violent resistance would better accomplish his goals.
He promotes critical thinking in schools. "The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.", "The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living."
Question capitalism. "Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social."
Born Michael King, on January 15 1929 in Georgia, United States and assassinated on April 4 1968. He was a Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian and leader of The African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He received his B.A. degree in sociology and a PH.D degree in systematic theology, with a dissertation.
His legacy was to secure progress on civil rights. The American Congress passed the civil Rights Acts in 1968. He has become a national icon in the history of American Liberalism and Progressivism.
In his commitment to non violence, even though he initially believed and practiced self-defense, he vowed to no longer use arms, believing that non violent resistance would better accomplish his goals.
He promotes critical thinking in schools. "The function of education, therefore, is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. But education which stops with efficiency may prove the greatest menace to society. The most dangerous criminal may be the man gifted with reason, but with no morals.", "The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living."
Question capitalism. "Communism forgets that life is individual. Capitalism forgets that life is social."
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