Summary of caring for the elderly in nursing homes 1 After the continuous improvement of the future work plan by all the staff of the social practice department, the first social practice activity finally started as scheduled at the arrival of the new semester and achieved excellent results. The summary of this activity is as follows:
I. Preparations for the event
At the beginning of the school year, 06 members of the Social Practice Department first investigated the service intentions of young volunteers, and contacted relevant communities and activity units according to their service intentions. Taking into account the traffic factors, the venue of this activity is set at the "Always Care for the Times Nursing Home" near the school. Then the time, place and main contents of this activity, including chatting, condolence performance, entertainment, etc., are determined by the 06 members of the Social Practice Department and the staff of the activity unit. In view of these activities, we have made several preparations. First, I contacted the relevant personnel of the Ministry of Literature and Art (Suotong, Zhang Wenhao) and planned an hour-long condolence performance; The second is to educate young volunteers from three aspects: purpose, content and matters needing attention. Finally, submit the activity plan to the teacher of the Youth League Committee and invite the teacher to participate in this activity.
Second, the record of the scene of the incident
On March 18, at 8: 30, the first echelon of young volunteers gathered at the activity site and were led into the nursing home by the staff of the Social Practice Department. Young volunteers were divided into several groups and taken to the living quarters of the old people. Young volunteers take the initiative to chat with the old people and listen to them tell their life experiences. Some young volunteers sang a song for the old people in bed, some young volunteers picked up the electronic organ for the old people to show their talents, and some young volunteers. In just a few minutes, the old people showed their long-lost smiling faces in the warm condolences of young volunteers. At 9: 20, the condolence performance officially began, and the small room was full of old people and young volunteers watching the performance. Some old people can't go upstairs to watch the performance because of mobility difficulties, so young volunteers will stay with them and listen to the old people telling stories about their youth. Some young volunteers also play poker and mahjong with the old people, and relax with them on specific occasions, bringing them infinite happiness. The activity of 10: 30 came to an end. In President Liu's sincere speech, this activity came to an end, and a simple group photo permanently remembered this unforgettable condolence activity.
Third, the closing work of the event.
After the activity, the young volunteers filled in the activity registration form carefully. They said, "During the activity, I felt a kind of to see the sun, for all his glory, and the regret of being buried in the coming night was beautiful. I read a kind of desire for children's care from the eyes of the old people. I hope that on the basis of caring for my elderly, I will also spread my love to every corner of the world, pay attention to more lonely elderly people in society, and give people warmth and care. " Young volunteers expressed their feelings and learned knowledge in the activities. They also expressed their intention to serve next time, gave us the direction of work, and laid a good foundation for future social practice activities.
Fourth, the existing problems and improvement measures
There are still a small number of young volunteers who are not integrated into the activities, and some of them have a weak sense of service. It can be seen that young volunteers have not yet reached their ideal appearance. Our future education work should be more detailed, and at the same time, we should encourage outstanding young volunteers to spread their excellent qualities on campus and encourage more students to learn from them.
We should also learn from the long preparation time of this activity and constantly improve social practice activities in the following activities.
Summary of the activities of caring for the elderly in nursing homes 2 In order to give full play to the exemplary role of youth league members in spreading civilization and promoting fresh air, and further inherit and carry forward the glorious tradition of caring for the elderly of the Chinese nation, on the morning of 20xx1kloc-0/4, on the eve of the Double Ninth Festival, the Student Union of the Second Youth League Committee of the city organized 10 more than 0 volunteer league members to go to the Garden Club nursing home to carry out the activities of respecting the elderly and volunteering for send warm.
When they came to the nursing home, the volunteers sent holiday wishes and sincere condolences to the old people in time, and the old people felt happy and warm. Although the members of the student union have changed from session to session, and the students who participated in the activities of respecting the elderly have changed from batch to batch, the school's education of respecting and loving the elderly has never changed and will continue forever.
This condolence activity sent love and joy to those lonely old people, inherited and carried forward the traditional virtues of "respecting, respecting and loving the elderly" of the Chinese nation, which made the old people realize the beauty of life and the warmth of society, and also enhanced the students' sense of voluntary service, so that the youth of the League members learned to be grateful and learn to contribute.
Summary of caring for the elderly in nursing homes III. The spring breeze is warm and sunny. On the afternoon of March 24th, 20xx 1, Class 2 of Marketing Department of Automotive Engineering launched an activity of caring for the elderly in Chun Wu Nursing Home, and all members of Class 2 of Marketing Department of Automotive Engineering participated. This shows that college students in the new era have practiced the noble sentiment of respecting the elderly.
Dean Yang warmly received the students and expressed his heartfelt thanks to them. Subsequently, the students devoted themselves to the exchange of condolences with the elderly. Some students automatically pick up brooms, rags, etc. And enthusiastically help the elderly clean the room and scrub the glass and floor. The old people kept thanking them, and their eyes showed the most sincere thanks. The students sang songs for the old people, and then the old people enthusiastically sang songs such as "Only in the World" and "Qianshan is always in love" with the college students, which filled the whole nursing home with laughter. It's time for students to talk freely with the elderly. The students listened carefully to the personal experiences of grandpa and mother-in-law before and after the reform and opening up, and let them know that our happiness today is hard-won. The students also exchanged their experience of studying abroad and the construction of their hometown with the old people. Finally, the students sent sincere wishes to the old people, wishing them good health and happiness every day!
When they were leaving, the old people reluctantly waved goodbye to their classmates. Although this activity lasted only two hours, it became the most beautiful mark in students' lives.
"A sense of security for the elderly" has always been the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and it has a profound connotation in the current construction of a harmonious socialist society. Caring and caring for the elderly is the responsibility and obligation of a new generation of college students; This can not only help the elderly to reduce their inner loneliness, but also give contemporary college students a grateful feedback and spiritual education.
Summary of the activities of caring for the elderly in nursing homes 4. Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival of the Chinese nation, and it is a day for our whole family to get together and spend a good time together. However, on this festive day, many elderly people spend it silently in nursing homes alone. Therefore, Wuhan Volunteer Organization decided to pay tribute to the old people in Yuan Yixin Nursing Home in Nanhu on the occasion of Dragon Boat Festival.
Led by Chen Song, the promoter of the event, college student volunteers sent zongzi and cakes necessary for the Dragon Boat Festival to the old people. We hope this zongzi can bring warmth and care to the old people, bring them peace and happiness, and let them have a peaceful, festive and happy festival.
Volunteers at the scene performed well and had a clear division of labor. Some of them clean up, some are responsible for distributing cakes and zongzi to every old man, and some are responsible for chatting with the old man. Because there are too many old people, they basically rest in their own rooms, and there are not enough people to talk to them. In order to let every old man feel the holiday blessings we bring them, we finally decided to suspend the work of cleaning volunteers and arrange to chat with them.
The girls are very touching. After distributing the cakes and zongzi to each room, they began to talk to the old people room by room, which was well received by the old people. After the last activity, we are ready to leave the room. The old man reluctantly sent us out of the room and said at the door that he must come to see us next time. The old man's expression and eyes reveal great loneliness.
Yes, although the living conditions of the old people are not bad, their daily necessities are complete and they have bought everything they need, but where can they buy spiritual comfort? I have been paying attention to the basic process of chatting with the elderly in each room. Almost every old man is very happy about our arrival. They seem to have endless words with our volunteers. Some old people can only talk in bed for physical reasons, but they always hold our volunteers' hands when they talk. The scene is very touching. I was very touched and sighed. What moved me was that our volunteers regarded the elderly as their relatives. Some old people have a bad smell in their rooms because of physical illness, but the volunteers who chat with the old people have no complaints. Alas, during the Dragon Boat Festival, from the beginning to the end of the morning activities, I didn't see an old man's relatives visit his parents. Here, our Wuhan Volunteer Group appeals that if your parents or grandparents are also in nursing homes, please take more time to visit the elderly for whatever reason, no matter how busy you are at work. No matter how good the material conditions are, they can't comfort the lonely heart of the elderly!
Summary of activities of caring for the elderly in nursing homes 5. Respecting the elderly is the traditional virtue of our Chinese nation. Caring for the elderly, caring for the elderly and caring for the elderly are the basic principles of our life. In this activity, the students in our school brought fruits and gifts carefully prepared by them for the old people. In the nursing home, students are free to clean up, chat and joke with the old people, perform some less wonderful programs and send their own voices.
When I first arrived at the nursing home, my grandparents were very happy to see us, as if they had met their loved ones. The man lying in bed stood up, came out with our help and came to the yard to be with us. We performed songs, dances and sketches, and watched the old man clap his hands and keep smiling.
Finally, we have a division of labor. Some give fresh fruit to the elderly, some give them back rubs, and grandparents keep praising our skills! Some people chat with old people. Although grandparents' words are not very clear, we can all be loyal listeners. Spiritual communication and subtle movements can best make grandparents feel that we are not relatives at the moment, which is better than the care of relatives! This shows us a bright future! As long as everyone gives a little love, the world will become a beautiful world!
Everyone looked at the old people smiling, and we all forgot to be tired! Finally, we reluctantly left the nursing home!
We brought happiness to the old people and touched ourselves at the same time.
Summary of the activities of nursing home to care for the lonely elderly 6 pages. Respecting the old and loving the young is the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Chinese college students are in an important period of forming their outlook on life, world outlook and values, and shoulder the heavy responsibility of becoming qualified builders and successors. In order to strengthen their ideological cultivation and develop good personality and behavior habits in daily life, we specially participated in the social practice activities required by the college. We went to the nursing home to carry out social practice activities about the investigation of xx nursing home.
In my eyes, nursing homes are the habitat of lonely old people. But through this survey, I changed my view of summary. Now, many elderly people with children take the initiative to walk into nursing homes. Some of them used to be teachers, engineers, cadres and artists. Choose a nursing home, because the children are busy at work, and the floor at home is high, and no one can chat with them; Because they get along with their peers day and night here, their common interests and similar outlook on life can make them feel to see the sun, despite his glory.
Through this survey, we visited many nursing homes and learned a lot! Undoubtedly, these experienced elderly people are facing a series of problems such as loss of work ability, decline of self-care ability and poor spiritual life, thus becoming a vulnerable group. From a society's attitude towards the disadvantaged groups, we can also get a glimpse of its civilization. A sound society should provide sound space and maintenance for all its members.
As contemporary college students, it is an unshirkable responsibility to convey the concept of social humanistic care to the disadvantaged groups. Therefore, with the theme of "caring for the vulnerable groups and promoting the spirit of volunteerism", it is the main purpose of our practice to understand the problems and difficulties existing in the operation of nursing homes, understand the living conditions and psychology of the elderly in nursing homes, and visit the empty nest elderly community to realize the care for the vulnerable groups.
We learned about the elderly through communication with nursing staff, to some extent, their living conditions and psychological conditions, and also communicated with the elderly to understand some of their specific situations, and interviewed the person in charge, so as to have an overall understanding of the situation in the nursing home. Understand the reasons why the elderly enter the nursing home;
Children: I can't take care of the elderly. Please don't worry about the nanny. Old people themselves: don't want to add pressure to children; Do not like to do housework; The existing living conditions are poor; Lonely and lonely; There are no medical facilities and emergency medical measures at home; Don't like living with children; Catering; Management norms of nursing homes; Five guarantees for the elderly.
In the survey, we also found that some elderly people lack spiritual motivation and enthusiasm for life, and their mental state is not good. Day by day, life has no goal, no pursuit; There are no recreational activities and facilities for the elderly in the hospital, and some elderly people feel spiritual emptiness; A small number of elderly people think that they live in the courtyard and receive government assistance, and feel that they are the object of pity and sympathy. Although they are very grateful to the government, they have a feeling of depression and great psychological contradictions. Some old people are not harmonious enough, and some old people often quarrel or even fight, which destroys the harmonious atmosphere of the elderly in the hospital; Individual elderly people do not have a strong sense of identity and belonging to nursing homes and hope to go home and live.
By comparison, we find that the lives of the elderly in nursing homes are similar. Old people usually get up after 5 o'clock, and then have breakfast at the nursing home around 7 o'clock. Almost all of them eat porridge. At noon and evening, they usually have a vegetarian meal, and the time for dinner is similar. Old people usually go to bed earlier, usually at 8 o'clock in the evening. During the day, the entertainment activities of the old people are watching TV, reading newspapers, playing cards and playing mahjong.
Generally speaking, the living conditions of the old people are similar. This research activity shows the elegance of contemporary college students well. On the one hand, it cultivates the virtues of caring for others, respecting the old and loving the young among contemporary college students, and on the other hand, it aims to get in touch with society, understand society and exercise themselves. We have the responsibility and obligation to care for them and offer our love. The elderly are vulnerable groups that need our attention. We should make unremitting efforts to create a good living environment for them in order to repay their contribution to society! Will continue to better inherit the traditional virtues of China!
After the investigation, we can have a deep understanding of the lives of the old people and have a dialogue with them. What we harvest is the hearts of old people. Although they always laugh at the ups and downs of life, I really appreciate their hardships from their words. There are too many joys and sorrows along the way, and there are too many bitterness. Yes, they are very tired. They need to have a rest. Old people actually don't need much material life. What they need most is the filial piety of the younger generation and the concern of the society.
The harmonious society we are pursuing now, the most important thing is human harmony. As an indispensable part of society, the elderly, especially those who have no children in nursing homes, should have the responsibility to honor those elderly people and let them have a warm and peaceful old age. The smiles of those old people are harmonious, and the happiness of those old people is harmonious! As a college student, I think it is necessary for us to pay maximum attention to and help the elderly! This survey shows that the measures taken by xx city in treating the elderly and social welfare are quite good, such as good living environment and service attitude, colorful daily life and many other aspects, which represent the present situation of China facing the elderly. The problems and suggestions have been solved to some extent.
However, after investigation, I found some adverse reactions to nursing homes when searching for information on the Internet, indicating that although xx has done a good job in this respect, there are still shortcomings. I hope that in the future, the government and people from all walks of life will pay more attention to the social problem of "the present situation of the elderly in China", and make corresponding measures in this regard as soon as possible, do a good job in medical care for the elderly, carry out extensive activities to respect the elderly in society, carry forward the fine tradition of respecting and loving the elderly, and make the lives of the elderly more colorful! Sometimes I think, when I am old, if my legs and feet are still flexible, it may be of some value to my family and society; What if my legs and feet are inconvenient?
If I am a writer, or a scientist with ideas and rich scientific knowledge, I can still do something for the society even if my legs and feet are inconvenient, my thoughts are still there and my scientific knowledge is not lost. What if you don't even have ideas and scientific knowledge? In fact, we should not think about this problem, because if we think about it, old people, inconvenient legs and feet, and vague thoughts seem to become a burden to society and will drag it down. In this case, getting old is not a sin.
But birth, old age, illness and death are natural laws. Who can escape? Everyone will be old, but when he is old, he should not be abandoned by society. When they were young, the old people made contributions to the society with their great or small efforts and sweat. Maybe they just raised their own children, but in any case, they paid. Although they don't ask for anything in return, as children, we must never forget their parenting. We should respect them and make them happy. Respecting the old and loving the young has always been the traditional virtue of the Chinese nation, and there are models in this respect in all previous dynasties, such as Yu Shun, who moved heaven, Wang Xiang, who was lying on the ice begging for carp, Geng, who was worried about feces, etc.
In fact, as parents, there is no big hope and high demand, and I don't care about Jinshan Yinshan. They just want their children to be happy and stay with them all the time, and the family will be satisfied with talking and laughing and living in harmony. Although the elderly in nursing homes have no children, society has not abandoned them, but has given them great care. They have no family, and their happiness index may be lower, but they should be satisfied, because behind them are hardworking staff, a caring government and a United and powerful Chinese nation.
In this way, although the elderly in nursing homes have no children, there are actually many children, because the younger generation who care about them are their children, because society regards them as parents! The sun is shining, and a great era is coming to us. Looking forward to the new era, the Communist Youth League Committee will become a big school for young people to practice martial arts and literature, a melting pot for tempering themselves, a big stage for displaying their talents, and a United and friendly family. Let's keep pace with the times and make innovations under the correct guidance of the Party and the correct leadership of the Party branch and the superior Youth League Committee.
Summary of the activities of caring for the lonely elderly in nursing homes July1June13rd (the ninth day of the ninth lunar month), the traditional Double Ninth Festival in China. "Respecting, respecting, loving and helping the elderly" is a traditional virtue. Mencius said, "Old people are old, young people are few, and young people are few".
With respect, care and love for the elderly, xx volunteers and experimental primary school students came to Qiao Yuan nursing home to send holiday wishes to their grandparents, so that they could feel the warmth and care of society and have a warm and happy Double Ninth Festival.
More than 30 xx volunteers spent their weekends chatting with the elderly and accompanying them. Help the elderly in need to wash their hair, cut their nails, wash their clothes and clean up; Ask professional medical workers to take blood pressure for the elderly and popularize daily self-care knowledge of common senile diseases; The students in the experimental primary school perform programs for the old people. They are as happy as children. When the students arrive, "Hello, Grandpa!" In a nursing home, it sounds. "Hello, Grandma!" Greetings and friendly addresses make the old people happy and happy.
Volunteers presented condolences such as apples, pears and Chongyang cakes to the old people in turn. Although there are few condolences, the true feelings are all representative. The old people were holding gifts, with tears in their eyes, and kept thanking them. They thank the society for their concern, the party's good policies and leadership, and this great era, because only in this great era can these lonely old people who have no children and daughters have such a happy life.
After giving gifts, the students performed their own cultural programs for the old people. Guzheng performance, calligraphy couplets, allegro, dance, sketches, sign language ... the old people watched with relish, and laughter and applause continued. "I like listening to Yue Opera best. I liked it when I was a child, but now I live in a nursing home, and my legs and feet are inconvenient. I can only get rid of my addiction through the listening machine. I sing very well, just like playing on a tape. " Uncle Zhang, 73, has lived in a nursing home for six years and praised the performance of the volunteer "Antarctic Bird". At that time, there was a happy atmosphere in the nursing home, and even the smell of cauliflower in the yard was much stronger. ...
The condolence activities will soon end. When volunteers and classmates reluctantly bid farewell to their grandparents, the old people held their hands tightly and said goodbye affectionately, and their gratitude was beyond words.
Summary of the activities of caring for the elderly in nursing homes 8 In order to exercise their social practice ability, carry forward the fine traditions and virtues of the Chinese nation, and strengthen the concept of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, combined with the fact that China's aging is quite serious and there are more and more empty nesters, nursing homes have become their homes. They need social care and human warmth. So this month, Lei decided to go to a nursing home and prepare with several people in the group. The squad leader contacted the nursing home, contacted the dean's time and various matters, and went into the nursing home for voluntary service, so that they could feel warm in this cold winter and bring joy to the old people.
Going to the nursing home to express condolences is mainly about caring for the elderly or starting from the side. We are surrounded by old people. In the eyes of many people, nursing homes are the habitat of lonely old people. Nowadays, many elderly people with children have taken the initiative to enter nursing homes. Some of them used to be teachers, engineers, educated youth and artists. Choose a nursing home, because children are busy with work, it is inconvenient for people to move when they are old, and the floor at home is high, and no one can chat with them; It is also because they get along with their peers here day and night, have the same interests and similar outlook on life, which makes them want to see the sun more, even though he is glorious.
We went to a nursing home, and the oldest one was 103. As soon as we arrived, the enthusiastic dean and aunt received us, took us into the reception room and prepared a big box of mineral water for us. While she was busy, she gave us an overview of the nursing home. According to my aunt, the old people here are usually very rich and have many entertainment facilities. After listening to my aunt's introduction, I couldn't wait to chat with the old people. Let's go to the hospital ourselves first. In the pavilion, the old people are playing chess with relish. There are many fitness equipment in the hospital, and the old people who love sports gather here.
At first, everyone seemed very stiff in front of some old people, but some active and outgoing students were very enthusiastic to drive everyone. Some elderly people suffer from Alzheimer's disease or hearing impairment. Students also chat with them patiently, listen to the old people telling their past and share their campus life with them. Usually spoiled, we go out of the campus to the society and into old age. Chatting with old people like friends and listening to their stories are so fascinating that everyone will smile happily when they see their smiling faces. I feel like family. By chatting with the elderly, we can learn a lot about their past experiences, their hardships, their expectations for their children and their hopes for us. Students also patiently chat with them, help the elderly to tidy up clothes, wipe furniture, listen to the elderly talk about their past, share their campus life with the elderly, and let these lonely old people show happy smiles again. Next, we divided our troops into three ways and went to different places where the old people gathered, visiting room by room to get a more comprehensive understanding of the old people's situation. Grandparents are easy to get along with, and soon we get to know each other, and they also tell us about their past. An old man used to be an engineer. He built many national defense systems for Yantai in more than five years, because he was still in his seventies and had been enjoying state subsidies for his contributions. Looking at his excited expression when talking about the past, we can't help but be infected by him and go back to that era with him. We are also very happy to see the old man's face full of pride and gushing.
I find that many old people seem uninterested. I think it's because we didn't do well enough. At that time, when we were preparing, we didn't expect to investigate every old man first. After all, there is a generation gap between us and the elderly. If only we were in the form of songs and programs, plus a few programs that people like, which can make grandparents happy and let them see what we like. I have to say that I saw the dark side of society this time. I didn't feel anything after listening to the darkness of society before, but when it really happened to you, I felt that it didn't really happen to me. Before leaving, an old man told us not to take anything with us in the future because they couldn't get it. It suddenly occurred to me that we should have put things in everyone's hands at that time. I was stupid and thoughtless. That's why so many people in society are afraid to donate. How much of the money we donated has reached the parties? This is why when the Wenchuan earthquake struck, Jackie Chan and others personally transported the money by car and then personally delivered it to the victims.
After chatting, we helped the old people clean their rooms. Although the room was messy and some of it smelled bad, we didn't complain at all and cleaned it thoroughly. Sweep the floor, mop the floor, clean the table and clean the glass. Some of them are better. Young old people should also join us and clean up together, as busy as children. After our cleaning, the nursing home has become much cleaner and the living environment of the old people has improved a lot, which makes us feel very gratified and finally does something for the old people. After cleaning, it was time for the old people to eat, so we helped the old people into the restaurant there. The restaurant is small but tidy, and the old people sit at the table in an orderly way, waiting for us to deliver their meals. Food is also very rich, with meat and vegetables. We put food in front of the old people, who praised us happily. After watching the old people eat, we helped them go back to rest. Hearing my aunt say that some old people need to rest, we left the nursing home for a while and went to eat first, which made us feel a lot. This time, Lei's social practice made us understand that social practice is to make us better contact with society and exercise our social practice ability. However, only with these, can we walk the road of the future society better and more steadily. So here, I hope our department and our college students can participate more actively.
Soon, in the evening, our activities today are over. We took photos with the old people as a souvenir.
In this activity, I found that some students are not enthusiastic and enthusiastic when communicating, some people don't know what they should do, and there will be awkward silence during the chat. In this regard, I think future activities should be planned more carefully and more problems should be considered; Carry out relevant education on respecting and loving the elderly and explain the significance of respecting the elderly; It is necessary to organize more similar activities, find and solve problems from the activities, improve the quality of practical service activities in nursing homes, and let the old people feel more care. As college students, we should care more about the elderly, pay more love, let the indifferent elderly feel the warmth of love, and make the society full of love.
Summary of the activities of caring for the elderly in nursing homes. This is a day to respect and love the elderly. The sun is shining and the spring is strong. At 9 o'clock in the morning, more than 50 people from the Love Society of Weihe Vocational School are going to the nursing home to carry out love condolences.
This time we went to the nursing home to hold a condolence activity. We prepared some small programs and bought some candy, cakes and other condolences, as well as some dishes. Flour is going to make jiaozi for the elderly and have a lively reunion dinner with them. We all work together, some decorate the venue, some wash vegetables and chop stuffing, some chat with the elderly, some cut our nails, some ... After 20 minutes of preparation, our little program for the elderly began.
Beautiful and moving songs resounded through nursing homes, as well as ironic Peking Opera and Huangmei Opera. The immature performance skills of the players made us all laugh. At the same time, it also makes every old man's face tense, with a happy smile on his face! Looking at every happy old man, we all feel that we have done something very meaningful. Although it will cost us rest time and some money, we are still happy to do so.
Time passed quickly, and our condolence activities were almost over around noon 12. After cleaning the venue for the elderly, we took photos with them, said goodbye and exchanged greetings.
Through this condolence activity, although we didn't do much for them, they were still so grateful. I found that those old people didn't really ask much. They just hope that we can visit them more and make them not lonely. Because of our limited ability, we have only made some modest efforts to care for and help them in life, just like a spark. If you want to start a prairie fire, you must rely on the concerted efforts of people from all walks of life in Qi Xin! This makes us who live in a materialistic society think and educate. Society needs the inheritor of love, and each of us needs a grateful heart.