HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2001-04-18, Page 6The youth in you
Many have found that just clowning around is a great way
to rediscover the child in themselves.
We Deliver Your Freedom
with:
• Home Oxygen
IN Wheelchairs
MI Electric Scooters
IN Hospital Beds
I Bathroom Equipment
II Electric Reclining
Lift Chairs
MEDICHAIR Canada's
Wellness Store.
MEDIchair 4' MED-E-OX
HOME RESPIRATORY & MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
282 Suncoast Drive
Goderich, ON N7A 4K4
Tel. (519) 524-2020
Fax (519) 524-2222
Toll-Free 1-800-265-5500
1793 3rd Avenue W.
Owen Sound, ON N4K 6Y2
Tel. (519) 371-8001
Fax (519) 371-5951
Toll-Free 1-800-997-9951
,Medic Alert
ALWAYS ON CALL
www.medicalert.ca
For more information
1-800-668-1507
Pound Foolish
Healthwise
Carrying extra weight is hard
on your body. Lose those extra
pounds - eat sensibly, be
physically active and
consult your doctor.
Pd /7!/[/w.
01
110/7
1111 1111 1111
KOMrINITY URSING
ERVICES
P.O. Box 100
Phone:
26 Jordan Drive (519) 357-3010
Belgrave, Ontario Fax:
NOG 1E0
(519) 357-3143
ANNOUNCEMENT
Trudy Kassies, C.F.P.
Y.I.S. Financial Inc. and Lawrence Beane are
pleased to welcome Trudy Kassies to Y.I.S..
Trudy is a Certified Financial Planner and
brings with her over 20 years' experience in the
financial services industry, specializing in
investment advice, estate planning, and
retirement planning.
For professional, personal financial advice,
give Trudy a call today.
Y.I.S. FINANCIAL Inc,
Your Investment Shoppers
Lawrence Beane, Trudy Kassies CFP, Financial Consultants
9 RATTENBURY ST. E.
CLINTON 482-9924
Lawrence Beane, Don Thompson, Financial Consultants
303 MAIN ST. S.
EXETER • 235-3368
GODERICH 524-2333
CALL OUR TOLL-FREE NUMBER 1-888-235-9260
CLEANING UP THE
WORLD STARTS AT
PAGE 6 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 2001.
Seniors
Too many Eeyores in today's society-
By Carol
McDonnell
Get silly! Give
yourself permis-
sion to play- in
actions and in
words.
Start small.
Bellow out loud
your favourite
song, even if it is just in your car.
You can graduate to karaoke bars
later -on. Cha-cha around the kitchen,
swinging whoever is at hand. Don't
wait for Halloween to dress up, but
at least do so then.
Did you ever speak Pig Latin?
Remember how serious we were
as new parents? Dr. Benjamin Spock
and each new book on child rearing
was devoured and discussed. No
wonder we were such a serious
group, while building careers as well
as parenting. Some of us didn't take
much time to relax and play. Our
society still seems to have too many
Eeyores as a new generation contin-
ues this search for perfection.
Were young children, especially
grandchildren invented just to
inspire this playfulness? Just to
remind us to relax and take advan-
tage of a second chance to play?
When our children or grands become
teenagers, we just embarrass them.
Come to think of it, this is a good
reason to continue.
Now you can take lessons in play
fulness as. The Huron County
Children's Aid Society regularly
offers clowning courses. A graduate
clown told me that they started out
by putting on makeup, then tried to
get in touch with the part of their self
which was able to find the sense of
the ridiculous in daily life.
After discovering more about their
inner self, part of them has to be
okay to be risk this silliness. Again
youngsters and elders, this clown
found, were better able to enjoy this
humour.
Although the Victorian age is not
generally noted for its sense of
humour, Lewis Carroll is still cele-
brated for the upside-down worlds
he created. Lewis Carroll was an
Anglican deacon and a lecturer in
mathematics at Oxford University -
disciplines not usually thought of
with chuckles. His fame lies not so
much for his mathematical treatises
as for the pair of children's books
that he wrote Alice in Wonderland,
1865 and Through the Looking
Glass, 1871.
Both books may still be enjoyed
by adults as well as children, and
both ages are challenged by his word
puzzle in Jaberwocky.
Twas brillig and the slithy toves -
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;
All mimsy were the borogoves
And the mome raths outgrabe
Boy this really gave my comput-
er's spellcheck a workout!
So relax, laugh a lot and live
longer. Be silly in actions as well as
deeds. My Pig Latin, I've forgotten
but in real Latin one might say-
Carpe diem because tempus fugit.
Sei2e the day because time is flying.
Check out our
WEBSITE'
at
www.northhuron.on.ca