HONOR AGE
The fifth of the ten commandments bids us honor our parents, “that your days may be long upon the earth.” I am not sure that people who honor their parents live longer than people who don’t. Maybe what the Bible is suggesting is that, if we fashion a society in which the elderly are cherished and taken seriously, we will be able to look forward to growing old ourselves instead of dreading it.” He goes on to say, “We will not have to lie about our ages, dye our hair, visit the plastic surgeon, because growing old is an embarrassment. We will not shun the elderly for fear of becoming like them. We will revere them for the living lessons they represent.From How Good Do We Have to Be? by Harold Kushner
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