Young at Heart: Germany's First Playground for Seniors - International - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News
Imagine a playground in the middle of the park. One on which there are signs clearly indicating that this should not be used by those aged under 55. You'd think it strange, wouldn't you? Well, this latest idea has popped up in Germany. A playground for the elderly, where they can use several of the fixed features for gentle exercise and limb movement. It all goes to help those who find it difficult to exercise and who cannot compete with the pressures or prices of a gym. So now they can waltz down to the park and play in the playground, while the kids nominally should simply look on and then they can feel well enough to walk back home (hopefully). Only later during the twilight hours do the kids dare venture onto this new phenomenon.
I think its amazing idea and should be adapted and adopted in Britain. Only just dont let the elderly people have any black markers. Who knows what graffiti may appear on the apparatus!!
We need to pray
Panorama will show this this week. These guys are serious yet have got everything wrong. We need to pray for these people that they will see the true light.
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A Sign, anything for a sign!
We need signs to show us the way, so when there isn't one, we tend to follow the path which many tread, even though it may perhaps be wrong. This path will look well worn, wide, inviting, yet could be a roadway, a railway track, a path which leads to the edge of a precipice, or the path which leads to temptation and sorrow of the soul, even though outwardly it may seem to be a party.
Follow the crowd, dodge the traffic, avoid the crevices, keep a parachute on incase you tumble over the precipice, keep a morning after pill with you and a block of strong coffee.
or...
find the narrow gate, with its weeds and its winding ways, a longer, challenging path, yet safe from the pitfalls and the dangers. Use this path for guaranteed safety even though it may not seem outwardly like a party and though there are not many others you can meet along the way, this path will lead you home to a joyous welcome and the savings from the hospital bill you can use for the benefit of others, who may not be as fortunate as yourself.
Of course, a sign would suffice to find the narrow gate, but would you read it anyway?
Follow the crowd, dodge the traffic, avoid the crevices, keep a parachute on incase you tumble over the precipice, keep a morning after pill with you and a block of strong coffee.
or...
find the narrow gate, with its weeds and its winding ways, a longer, challenging path, yet safe from the pitfalls and the dangers. Use this path for guaranteed safety even though it may not seem outwardly like a party and though there are not many others you can meet along the way, this path will lead you home to a joyous welcome and the savings from the hospital bill you can use for the benefit of others, who may not be as fortunate as yourself.
Of course, a sign would suffice to find the narrow gate, but would you read it anyway?
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