I walk around my village for what I think will be a 10 minute walk, but return an hour later. One of my neighbours told me I'm good for the community as he always sees me chatting to someone. I have noticed that when someone's dog dies the owner stops coming out for walks. It's such a shame.
A few weeks ago, again I went out for a quick walk and ended up helping a neighbour carry a cooker from a friend's house to his. My friend had purchased a new cooker and she let the chap down the road have the old one. Neither of us are young so we had to keep resting. I just kept having a chat to him leaning over the cooker. We had quite a laugh in the end. I honestly, never know what's going to happen when I go out. That's the beauty of it.
These things make our days brighter. It's great to have people like you in the community. I know it's a cultural thing here, but people live right next to each other for years and don't know each other's names. They meet and the road and fidget to look away. Anywhere I live, I know everyone in the "region" 😅
Doing little deeds like helping your neighbour with the cooker despite not being strong and muscular are good for your well-being.
Time flies and I don't know when I'll go, but if I'm privileged, I will be that old lady with a trolley very soon.
Don't ever change the person you are.
My friends hated walking with me on the town in high school because I was polite and mannerly. They told me it wasn't cool. I'm happy that I have a strong character with no worry about being cool.
It's grey and raining on my side, but I have lunch in a few hours with a 90-year-old man and a lady who is in her 80s. Both live alone and they enjoy these meetups.
Oh good for you! I still feel young now lol. Unfortunately, everything is done online so people don't always get to chat to other people queuing up.
Enjoy your lunch. ❤️
That's another point. The elderly here do look forward to their little outings to M&S and similar outlets. I think that's sweet and kind of a part of their heritage in some way.
Thanks, lunch is always a nice breakaway.
Have a great day too ❤️