Fun And Faith For Seniors 5
The Joy of Socializing Blessed are they with a cheery smile Who always stop and chat a while.
Senior citizens enjoy conversation with their friends. They are eager to hear about your pleasures as well as your frustrations. They try to keep you smiling. They remember your birthdays, anniversaries, and other special days in your life. They like to spread positive feelings. They make personal visits when possible. They use the telephone, and now the Cell Phone makes contact easy. Even with distant friends they use e-Mail. The modern version of the old fastest forms of communication: Telephone Telegraph, and Telewoman is now Fe-mail. In the Biblical story of Mary and Martha, Mary prepared the meal while Martha entertained the guest. There is frequent discussion as to which of the two tasks is more important. The answer, of course, is both. When I was circulating in one of the clubhouses in a Senior residential area, the women were preparing a meal for an evening party. To offer praise and spread some positive feelings I remarked: “I see the Marys are hard at work.” There came a quick reply from one of the Marys: “The Marthas are going to clean up.” There is no doubt that the conversation was plentiful in the cleaning up operation, but to me there seemed to be no shortage of it during the meal preparation. This is one of the joys of life together. There are times to be serious as well. At our Bridge table at the Senior Center we try to limit the talk to the time between hands. It really flows then. We try also to rotate so that different people will have the opportunity to interact. Conversation is very appropriate in our walking group and keeps the necessary exercise from boredom. I remember in the ancient past my little girl was four. The wives were walking ahead where they could talk. The husbands were walking at some distance behind them. In the beginning my little girl was walking with the wives. It was not long before she was sent back to walk with the men. “Daddy”, she said. “They’re talking she-crets.”
Senior citizens enjoy conversation with their friends. They are eager to hear about your pleasures as well as your frustrations. They try to keep you smiling. They remember your birthdays, anniversaries, and other special days in your life. They like to spread positive feelings. They make personal visits when possible. They use the telephone, and now the Cell Phone makes contact easy. Even with distant friends they use e-Mail. The modern version of the old fastest forms of communication: Telephone Telegraph, and Telewoman is now Fe-mail. In the Biblical story of Mary and Martha, Mary prepared the meal while Martha entertained the guest. There is frequent discussion as to which of the two tasks is more important. The answer, of course, is both. When I was circulating in one of the clubhouses in a Senior residential area, the women were preparing a meal for an evening party. To offer praise and spread some positive feelings I remarked: “I see the Marys are hard at work.” There came a quick reply from one of the Marys: “The Marthas are going to clean up.” There is no doubt that the conversation was plentiful in the cleaning up operation, but to me there seemed to be no shortage of it during the meal preparation. This is one of the joys of life together. There are times to be serious as well. At our Bridge table at the Senior Center we try to limit the talk to the time between hands. It really flows then. We try also to rotate so that different people will have the opportunity to interact. Conversation is very appropriate in our walking group and keeps the necessary exercise from boredom. I remember in the ancient past my little girl was four. The wives were walking ahead where they could talk. The husbands were walking at some distance behind them. In the beginning my little girl was walking with the wives. It was not long before she was sent back to walk with the men. “Daddy”, she said. “They’re talking she-crets.”
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