The Importance Of Young People

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A fundamental principle of humanity, tying together people is helping others. In times of tragedy, stories about helping the nation to recover after natural disasters or terrorist attacks are very inspiring and stimulate to give aid to other people. A lot of people even devote their lives to helping others, for instance, customer services and volunteering workers who risk their lives for the common good, police force that protects cities and fire brigades that save burning buildings. One of the ways of expressing an act of good will and helping others is giving aid to the older people, especially those who have no relatives and live in the infirmaries. We should respect all people in the society, from the very young to the very old, but the most …show more content…

Through serving older people, young people learn that growing old is a natural process; they usually gain an appreciation and increase their self-estimation. Even old people with cognitive limitations and significant memory loss enjoy the visit, though they may not remember it after that. Such positive effect appears only after series of visits when both the young and the old can better understand each other; know how to trust each other that plays an essential role for building meaningful relationships between people of any age. Of course, many barriers exist in this process mainly referring to the facts that they have communication difficulties, feel uncomfortable, do not know what to say to each other and are not confident. To make it easier, the younger generation should learn something about such people, their interests, needs, and limitations, and respect their privacy and wishes. Like behaving with any other person, people need to be grateful, polite, don’t forget such words like “please’’ and “thank you”, and keep their

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