I met someone really interesting last week. Someone I had never met before, but who answered my enquiring questions directly and without hesitation. No guarded or ambiguous answers, just open straightforward replies.
A far cry from our politicians who these days can rarely think for themselves and are briefed to resort to stock phrases like “ let me be clear”, which is anything but clear.
He was a fundraiser for a cancer charity in Liverpool, who desperately need money to continue their excellent work in providing advice and support to people with serious health conditions. But he didn’t ask for a donation, nor did he ask why I was asking probing questions.
It was only a brief meeting and I would like to have found out more, but time didn’t allow. So as he left I asked for his business card. Rather surprising to me he didn’t have one.
I suppose it is a sign of our new tech age, where everything is communicated by the internet. Through websites; emails; Facebook; instagram; Reddit; LinkedIn; WhatsApp and even more social media that so many of the Granddad generation don’t participate in or understand.
Business cards are the handshake introduction to any longer term relationship. The biggest donors to charity are older people, so maybe there is a missed opportunity there?
🌻 For want of a business card ! 🌻
GrumbleSmiles 
simple understood. Wonderful Thank you!
Life, where is it what is it? How old is old for an elderly person? When does one met ones makr at 70/75/80/85/90 or more aged say 100 years. Can one have common sense then, can one reason, not in intelligent and conversations, but with ones friends or family. What is dementia/Alzhimiers how far along the medical description does one loose the right to reason.
‘No’ is a frequent answer when one ay be offered help and assistance: One talking to a lady or gentleman or a couple in this postion, may not have the experience in life that the lady or gentleman/couple may have, and one has to address their fears, and hopefully explain the reasons and logic for giving them any advice. It is most difficult, and one has to be patient and trust that they follow the advice for a better way of spending their last days on the earth, amonst the friends and community that they may wish to be with,
Humbug You may say!!! quite right, I now appeal to the younger 50/69 year olds and ask them, about their future? It may be retirement from work, travel and family group holidays, all fu and frolics. However the more serious side of the picture is what questions do they ask themselves when they retire from work, and just have a pension to support themselves? do they downsize housing wise, do they consider a retirement village, does one cater for a care home in much latter life?
Unless one has thought more profoundly of the future the day to day events in a political world, that may not provide one with what one may wish for? One still if one has a mind can vote,but what for in an ever changing world of younger persons and immigrants, it i a minefield, One has to have at least thought about how does one meet one maker, and leave a smile on one family dependents with lots of best wishes.