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Life lessons from our seniors

01/13/2012 By Leave a Comment

As Latinos, we have been taught to respect our elders. We honor them, defer to them and listen while they tell old family tales. We care for them in any way possible and hold people who abuse the elderly in contempt.

Now the rest of the world has the opportunity to learn what Latinos have always known, the elderly hold much wisdom and we should take life lessons from them. The Cornell Legacy Project interviewed over a thousand senior citizens, from all walks of life, and compiled their findings in a new book, “30 Lessons for Living”. The book gives us life lessons on marriage, career and parenting, among other topics.

Read more at The Legacy Project.

Filed Under: Comunidad
About Eileen Rivera

Eileen was born in The Bronx, to Puerto Rican parents. She grew up thinking the whole world was Latino. Moving to Rockland County in upstate New York taught her it wasn’t. One more move in 1976, brought her to Hudson County, New Jersey where she currently resides. She attended Rutgers-Newark where she majored in Social Work with a minor in Puerto Rican studies. Eileen credits her history professor, Dr. Olga Wagenheim, for the spark and impetus to search out her roots in a pre-computer era. The daughter of a minister, she credits her father for the activism, volunteerism and search for justice that have characterized her adult years.

The mother of two adult daughters, Eileen has worked in the Juvenile Justice system for twenty-eight years. She acts as a liaison between the Juvenile Detention Center and the Juvenile Court.

Writing was something she shared with family. Stories and songs for her children and Christmas tales for the extended family. She now shares her writing with a larger family, the Being Latino family.

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the author and should not be understood to be shared by Being Latino, Inc.

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