04th March 2010
Do Not Kill Our Elderly

It is so sad to know that we are literally extinguishing the life out of the elderly, it is a shame that we are slowly but surely pushing them over the bridge instead of embracing them. The elderly are the people who have helped us establish, and cultivate our future. They are our predecessors and so we owe them a higher level of respect. Our nation was not established by divine intervention, it was the wisdom and foresight of our forefathers that carved the ship that we sail on today. It was men like our forefather Sir John Compton that introduced us to a modern and independent way of life; he shaped our people, government, society, and our lives. It took an elderly man to win an election in order to bring our country back on track. With all today’s technology, statistics, and fancy strategical planning, Sir John accomplished what his much younger colleagues could not because of his knowledge and wisdom. Old age is not a handicap it is a gift granted to the humble by the Most High, the Lord intended us to use the elderly to direct young men and women prospectively. We desperately need the elderly, it is paramount that we re-establish them back into our society in order to assume more prominent or active positions.
There was a time when our elderly meant everything to us; these were the people that we looked up to. We did not see them as old people but we saw them as individuals credible enough to direct us with words of knowledge and wisdom. As I write I think of people like my grandmother and father, (Helen and Lennard Mondesir), Miss Mildred Henry, Lady Janice, Sir John Compton, Her Excellency Dame .P. Louisy, and we must never forget the very incredible nurse Niles.
It is always an honour and a pleasure to converse, listen and learn from these individuals. These are the kind of people who are responsible for shaping me into the man that I am today. Without them I would be another idiot just wasting my life away.