{"id":82988,"date":"2013-04-19T05:17:28","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T23:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=82988"},"modified":"2013-04-26T04:31:16","modified_gmt":"2013-04-25T23:01:16","slug":"treating-elderly-two-pictures-namal-rajapaksa-and-ranil-wickremesinghe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/treating-elderly-two-pictures-namal-rajapaksa-and-ranil-wickremesinghe\/","title":{"rendered":"Treating Elderly &#8211; Two Pictures: Namal Rajapaksa And Ranil Wickremesinghe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/\">Colombo Telegraph<\/a><\/span> &#8211;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Elderly people are now who you will one day become. Respecting their wisdom, knowledge, grace and fortitude should come second nature to younger generations but it isn&#8217;t always the case. Sometimes we need reminding of why it is so important to respect our elders for what they have to impart to us that will help ease our journey through life. They should always be respected like you want them to respect you.\u00a0Finding ways to respect and honor older people is often a pathway to better understanding and acceptance of your own concerns and ideas about aging. Learning about the ways other people have coped with growing older can give you greater insight into taking better care of yourself now and realizing that with old age often comes great new opportunities and a wiser self&#8221;.<\/em> &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Respect-Older-People\">How to Respect Older People<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Wiki How<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/treating-elderly-two-pictures-namal-rajapaksa-and-ranil-wickremesinghe\/namal-rajapaksa-and-ranil\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-82989\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-82989\" title=\"Namal Rajapaksa and Ranil\" src=\"http:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Namal-Rajapaksa-and-Ranil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Namal-Rajapaksa-and-Ranil.jpg 706w, https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Namal-Rajapaksa-and-Ranil-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,2187,1,2375],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-colombotelegraph","category-most-popular","category-news","category-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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