Oh the family's alive, they just never visit and you feel so sorry for the old lady. She tells the reporter she misses them and wishes they would come see her. She breaks down in tears when she tells him, she doesn't want to die alone without any family or friends.
Of course the reporter's heart breaks for this lady and he goes to track down her family members to ask why they won't visit this poor woman.
After interviewing the families, he found out why. "She never cared about us." one member said. "She never came to any of our weddings or graduations, even when we offered to give her a ride. She only wanted to sit and watch TV in her home."
Another family member said "She wasn't around for birthdays, never wanted to go out and sat there watching TV when you came to visit. It's like we bothered her being around."
The reporter found out that most of her friends didn't speak to her either because she held grudges for petty things.
"She once got mad at me because I had more lights on my house for Christmas than she did." one neighbor replied. "I offered to help put more on for her house as well but she told ne to forget about it and slammed the door. She never spoke to me again."
The article ended with the reporter seeing a different point of view. This wasn't a lady who'd been mistreated and was the victim as she had portrayed. She was in fact the reason for her loneliness!
Being selfish and insecure around others had pushed those people away to where all she had left was herself. Instead of asking forgiveness from others, she's bitter to them, like they owe her something.
It made me think how we hold grudges from time to time and push others away. Does anyone look at things long term anymore? Do they not realize the choices we make today can affect the future?!
I hope we have a better grasp of life than our own shortsightedness when it comes to these things.
I know after reading this article I sure will going forward.
November is the month of being thankful and counting your blessings and I plan to do that every day of the month leading up to Thanksgiving.
I hope you'll be doing the same.
Have a good weekend folks!
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