There is evidence that ageism is alive and well in our society and it works both ways. I have had experience of people who have been ready to dismiss some as 'too young' and others as 'too old'.
Even in some church congregations there is a kind of apartheid based on age instead of recognition that age and youth can complement each other. The ability to contribute to a united whole doesn't depend on the date on a birth certificate but on the quality of heart and mind. There are no useless people. Everyone has something which they can contribute, regardless of age and what is more everyone is needed. This week in my hospital visitation I spoke to a lady who knows she may only have weeks to live but her positive attitude provided a fillip to my own faith. In the past God has used her ability. Now he is using her disability and her buoyant confidence that 'the best is yet to be'.
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