Dear Friends,
Earlier today, whilst speaking with a friend, we fell to talking about a mutual friend, now deceased. The lady was a remarkable woman who was completely blind and yet knew Dundee so well that when I took her anywhere in the car and stopped at a junction, she could tell me which way to turn. And she was always correct. However, the point of our conversation was that at the end of her life when she needed carers, the young carers were very kind, but could not understand that whatever they used in her house had to be replaced in exactly the same place – otherwise she could not cope. They just could not look at life from her point of view.
Maybe it is a sign of getting older, but it often seems that we are all expected to know how to use digital technology because there is so much of it in every walk of life. And it is all very well to say it is easy. But none of it is easy until you know how, and you can only know how when you have the right equipment and someone puts themselves in your position and shows you how.
Being able to imagine yourself in someone else’s position is a great gift and one that we should all try to cultivate. It helps us to understand others and to avoid argument. We in BDHT are very fortunate because we have many people who are happy to go out of their way to help others. We are very grateful to all these people for we all need and appreciate help from time to time.
Jesus says “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you”. This is known as the Golden Rule and is well worth thinking about for all of us at the beginning of a new year.
With love and blessings,
Marion
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