Chapter 1 – Twilight Wish® Moments
What Is a Twilight Wish?
Dictionary.com defines the words twilight and wish as follows:
TWILIGHT—A period especially after full development, success. The time between sunset and dusk.
WISH—To want. To desire. To long for. To desire a thing to be.
A “Twilight Wish” is something seniors want, such as:
- Desire for attention
- Desire for dignity before death
- Desire for validation of their life
- Desire for recognition of who they are and what they’ve done
- Desire to pass on knowledge, wisdom, and experience
- Desire to have fun
- Desire for entertainment
- Desire to fulfill a lifelong dream
- Desire to relive key experiences / reminisce
- Desire for humble comfort
- Desire to improve quality of life
- Desire to participate with their family again
- Desire to see friends and places again
- Desire to experience something new; something never experienced before
- Desire to be protected
- Desire to be cared for / to have no worries
- Desire for companionship / communication
- Desire to feel whole / to self actualize / to feel whole in mind, body, and spirit
- Desire to live life to its fullest
In short, it’s about DESIRE.
Unfortunately, seniors face more barriers than just about anyone in society:
- Lack of attention, for many people are busy worrying about themselves
- Lack of societal awareness of seniors’ situations
- Lack of programs that assist seniors
- Lack of caring
- Lack of individual empowerment (“I’m just one person what can I do?”)
- Lack of money (living in poverty)
- Lack of transportation
- Lack of access to services
- Lack of resources
- Lack of health (presence of illnesses and/or diseases)
- Lack of friends
- Lack of time (time is running out)
- Lack of protection—from neglect, abuse, discrimination, ageism, predators
- Lack of someone with whom they can discuss their problems
- Lack of people who will listen
- Lack of companionship (loneliness and isolation often pervade)
- Lack of things to do (boredom)
- Lack of governmental resources to address the problem
In short, these barriers are about LACK.
So, one might ask, what can we do about this situation? What can we, as responsible members of society –as responsible corporate citizens—do to help seniors fulfill their desires, despite the barriers they face?
I believe we have three basic choices:
- Ignore the situation and watch things go downhill;
- Maintain the present status quo where some things get done but WAY TOO MANY things do not get done; or
- Rise up, take action, and do something to help, thus improving the situation.
The choice you make, as an individual—as a responsible corporate citizen—depends on three primary circumstances:
- What priority do you assign to seniors? How important are they to you? Do you identify with the elderly? Do you realize you are also aging? Do you realize that when you focus on seniors you are actually focusing on yourself?
- What resources can you bring to the table to help seniors?
- How much time, energy, and resources are you willing to devote to seniors?
This book is being written to call attention to the DESIRES of seniors, the BARRIERS they face in fulfilling those desires, and what YOU can do to improve the situation. The heart-warming stories about Twilight Wish, their wish recipients, their volunteers, their donors, and their sponsors will do just that.
They will make you laugh. They will make you cry. But above all, they will make you aware of the situations faced by today’s seniors and convince you that you have the power to do something about them.
REMEMBER
You have the power to make our world a better place to age, NOW.
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