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Good upbringing can help you grow old gracefully


By THOMAS VINCENT'MURPHY
 As we go through the dif-
ferent phases of life, we
must continuously make
adjustments. How we go
from one transition to
another, is very important
to the quality of life we
each will experience.
 The manner in which a
child is raised initially can
determine how smoothly
his future will'be.
 When a *young child
begins school, his or her
personality, demeanor, dis-
cipline and habits will
come into play within the
classroom.
 Whatever training a child
has been given in the early
years of life will affect
them on a regular basis. In
reaching middle school,
junior high, and senior high
school, many challenges
face our children.


 The early and middle
years of school life are
often some of the most
influential years in life.
How you walk, how you
talk, how you dress and
your personality come into
strong focus.
 Some of our young ladies
began using make-up for
the first time in order to
impress the young men.
 For many of the young
men, body language and
how they communicate
vocally can .put them in a
certain category.
 Some folks stray from
their initial up-bringing in
the peer pressure years
between middle school,
junior high school and high
school.
 The years that follow
should bring new views of
what life is all about.. What
decisions should you make


about education, serious
dating or occupational
opportunities? -
 I feel that if you are given
positive attention and love
as a child, even though you
may get side-tracked, that
early training can always
come back and give you a
boost when you need it.
 After college (if you
attend college), or when
you begin making more of
your decisions without your
mother or father, "life in the
real world" kicks in.
 In reality, many people
that grow up in an unfortu-
nate atmosphere are forced
into facing life and some of
its hard decisions at an
early time in life.
 By the time people reach
 "middle age", (in most
cases) they are expected to
be settled into a. relatively
consistent lifestyle.


 The age of an individual
heading into the senior
years of life is not as easy to
determine during this day
and time as. it was in the
past.
.1I have seen grandparents
of today that are energetic,
youthful looking, busy and
excited about life.
 On many occasions when
a person's age is revealed (if
they choose to reveal their
age) I am very surprised at
how many older people are
maintaining their youthful-
ness.
 On the flip side; some
people do not know how to
grow old gracefully. They
insist on trying to live in the
past; by the way they act,
dress and present them-
selves.
 It's great to be young at
heart and look great, but it
is important to keep life in


the proper perspective.
 By looking great and
staying healthy, older citi-
zens can be great examples
for our younger citizens.
The elderly are very special
to me!
 If you want to learn how
to avoid some of the pitfalls
of life, take time to talk to
the senior citizens and the
elderly.
 Usually, by the time they
have reached this pinnacle
of life they have learned
many good and bad lessons;
and since they can't move
as fast or get around as
well, one of the joys of their
life might be talking to oth-
ers.
 Because many of our eld-
erfy have made spiritual
adjustments in their lives,
often the advice they share
can be very important and
uplifting to others.


Murphy


 Life can be exciting,
depressing, full of surpris-
es, uncertain and unpre-
dictable. Through it all I am
happy to wake up each day
and say, "Thank God for
another day"!


 Sunland

 Employee

 of the Year

 Lenora Edwards was
.announced as the 2008
Sunland Employee of the
Year prior to the 30th
Annual Sunland Fall
Festival. ,Edwards, of
Marianna, had the honor of
serving as Grand Marshal
,of the festival's parade.
 Selected from a field of
 12 Employees of the Month
 for the period of October
 2007 to September 2008,
 Edwards received a mone-
 tary award and a plaque.


Lenora Edwards


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