BUddhism journal
Journal Entry 1
October 6 2014
Today was my first day at the Poydras home and it was mainly an orientation session. It would be my first time ever visiting an old age home. I prepared for the session by just reading about old people in the United States. I was not too keen on meeting old people, as I believed that they would be slow
and I wouldn’t have the patience to deal with them. However, after helping Elena lead the BINGO session, I realized that age is just a number; it was fascinating to see how a 96-‐year-‐old lady was walking around talking clearly. I got to know that in life as long as you are mentally fit, that in turn provides increased physical benefits as I witnessed in the Poydras Home. From a Buddhism perspective, I did see a lot of suffering, but I saw it as something that happens to everybody and nobody is immune to it. I don’t think people were suffering from old age, most people were battling illnesses. Since it was just an orientation I didn’t prepare that much but I was certainly
October 6 2014
Today was my first day at the Poydras home and it was mainly an orientation session. It would be my first time ever visiting an old age home. I prepared for the session by just reading about old people in the United States. I was not too keen on meeting old people, as I believed that they would be slow
and I wouldn’t have the patience to deal with them. However, after helping Elena lead the BINGO session, I realized that age is just a number; it was fascinating to see how a 96-‐year-‐old lady was walking around talking clearly. I got to know that in life as long as you are mentally fit, that in turn provides increased physical benefits as I witnessed in the Poydras Home. From a Buddhism perspective, I did see a lot of suffering, but I saw it as something that happens to everybody and nobody is immune to it. I don’t think people were suffering from old age, most people were battling illnesses. Since it was just an orientation I didn’t prepare that much but I was certainly