Wisdom.

Today I went to the Homestead here in town (aka the elderly home). I really felt the need to get outside of myself and do some service, and it was SO much fun. At first it was really out of my comfort zone, going by myself and talking to people who have some serious diseases and so on, but once I got in there and started talking to them, I couldn't help but feel such an overwhelming love for them. It really made me sad that i'm not going to be a nurse, I know i would love that job, but i know that what i've chosen to persu is right for me. Anyways I got to talk with a woman who is 89! She has been really depressed lately because she is realizing she's getting old. She was a nurse when she was younger, and she told me all about how she loves to get her hands on a good medical book! She also told me about how her grandson was killed while on his mission, she got really sad about it, and I have to admit it got me a little choked up too. I could tell she really missed her family. Her husband died back in 1970! She has been a widow a long time! She told me when she passes he is the person she wants to see the most.
There is so much to be learned from these sweet sweet people. I am so glad I got the chance to go and chat with them. They all seem so sad, and lonely, and it breaks my heart to know that most of them have lost their hunny's and are basiclly just waiting to pass themselves. Some of them are so childlike too, it's cute, but shocking at the same time. How could a completley compitant, hard working adult, revert back to behaving like a child? I was just so glad I got to go spend time with these people, it really brightened my day.