FUN: Wholesome Posts May Cheer You Up — interspersed with comments on aging

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

https://www.boredpanda.com/wholesome-posts-memes/?lctg=5b61141e-0270-4a35-bef0-7cb2bcf31a0e

Wholesome
Aug 09, 2024
If You Are Having A Bad Day, These 50 Wholesome Posts May Cheer You Up Interview With Expert
Justin Sandberg and Justinas Keturka

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Bored Panda got in touch with the lovely ladies behind Love of Aging, an organization dedicated to helping older folks live life to the fullest. Naturally, we wanted to know if there was any story behind its creation.

“Love of Aging was founded in 2020 by three friends — Candace Shivers (now 77), Liz Dietz (now 70), and Maureen Charles (now 64) – all experts on the difference that attitude makes one’s experience of life. As we aged, we noticed that society wanted us to believe that life after 60 was on an inevitable downward slope, but that was not our experience. We found a lot to love about this stage of life, and we suspected that the key to our own experience was our attitude.”

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In between the copied posts, some good observations about aging.

I loved the one about Robin Williams.  His death was sad enough but reading the story make it even more so.

Sigh!

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INSPIRATIONAL:An adult version of that “we;re twins” perception

Wednesday, June 14, 2023

https://www.boredpanda.com/adoptions-unites-two-best-friends/

Boy Becomes Friends With 12 Y.O. Foster Kid So The Family Adopts Him
Margo Butautaite  — BoredPanda staff

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In an ideal world, every child has nurturing parents that love and protect them and kiss them goodnight after checking for monsters under the bed. Unfortunately, the reality is more tragic. Many children get taken away from abusive parents and end up in foster care waiting for years for a new family. A boy from Tennessee was lucky to have found a family that loves him unconditionally AND ended up having his best friend as his brother. How cool is that?

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I don’t often find “inspirational” material on Bored Panda; so this was special.

It made me think of all those memes where young children claim “twin-ship” by wearing the same clothes and ignore that they are of different “races”.  (It makes me thing that “race” really doesn’t exist except as a meme in the midst of adults!)

This story is an adult version of that perception.

I hope that all involved have all the blessings that Karma can grant them and some on all those who can’t see the beauty of the family’s action.

Dona Nobis Pacem

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