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• Try something new. Find new hobbies to Try and not be dependent on the idea of
enjoy. being dependent! Do not have any regrets!
• Feel safer with a personal alarm. One very important thing for you to
• Join a support group. reflect on is this… When you started a
• Listen to music. family or were single and on your own,
• Try dancing. how much time did you give your children;
• Take in a good movie. give youngsters around you? How many
• Attend concerts, a good play, regular excuses did you find in terms of “had a
bhajans and kirtan. long day at work, tired – not just now, later
• Read, if your eyesight is good. – but promises were never kept”. Do you
• Play cards… a good game of Bridge is ideal see what I am getting at… life works a full
to keep you busy for a couple of hours, or circle…?
Rummy… In the words of Pablo Picasso, “The
In fact, build a routine for seven days; meaning of life is to find your gift. The
change some of your plans the next week purpose of life is to give it away!”
and so on and so forth. Start making life
interesting for yourselves. Do not dwell in Seniors Today runs a new monthly column by
the past. Do not feel sorry for yourselves. leading psychologist, Dr Monika M Dass
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