We live for each other

I am sharing these words from a contact i made through an on line forum as i found them very moving and relevant to the theme of creating togetherness - this level of intention is what it takes to build community - Andy

"Im currently helping to set up, on a volunatary basis, a Good Neighbours Association for the elderly and isolated and what you are doing has given me some good ideas and inspiration. My own father has come to live with me recently, he has dementia but I feel we as a family are blessed to care for him in these later stages of his life. My children are learning about compassion in a way no book or program can teach them...my 10 year old loves to make dad laugh and the radiance that bounces off his face at seeing grandad laughing just lights up the home. I truly believe that, despite the west bashing we see in some of the literature (ie that the west is so materialistic and has lost its spiritual base), just the sight of compassion in action fans the flame of compassion inside us all. I see this whenever Im out with my dad, at least one person makes a commenton how lovely it is to see such care and well done etc. Or how they wished they had a father to look after. My other friends, usually asian women, in the same boat have also reported similar statements. "