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Christadelphian Aged Care A U T U M N N E W S L E T T E R
MARANATHA Address: 1582 Anzac Avenue, Kallangur QLD 4503
Come, said the leaves to the wind one day, Come o’er the meadows and we will play. Put on your dresses
Scarlet and Gold For Summer is gone and the days grow cold. - George Eliot nnn
“God makes everything beautiful in its time” Ecclesiastes 3:11
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Phone: (07) 3482 5333
Email: admin@chomes.com.au
Manager’s Message
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Welcome to Maranatha Here in Queensland, as Autumn 2016 approaches, we breathe a collective sigh of relief for the end of the hot summer and a return to more friendly climatic conditions. At Maranatha, we are continuing to build and change along with the needs of our ageing population and we are excited to see the new 33 bed wing taking shape, on what was our front paddock. Excited?? Well… some would not use that particular adjective to describe their feelings when they contemplate the structure that grows daily. Some might say they are feeling disinterested, curious, ambivalent and even anxious or annoyed that we are constantly swept along by the relentless tide of change. It’s all a matter of perspective isn’t it? The facts are concrete (or in this case, steel and concrete) and indisputable but how we interpret the facts changes. While facts are often outside of our realm of influence we are completely in charge of their interpretation. Recently an aged friend of mine, Bill, told me that he had become bored with his life and had decided to go job hunting. Although in his mid eighties, he duly wrote an application letter in response to a locally advertised position and awaited the reply. He received the normal courteous acknowledgement of his application but was not selected for interview. Bill confided that he was not greatly surprised or disappointed by this and observed that the opening sentence of his cover letter ‘I began my working career in 1946…’ may have been the problem. The point is that my friend has a wonderfully positive attitude and lives a life where each new day brings challenge and adventure. The facts cannot be altered; he is 85 years old, has suffered a stroke, totters rather than walks and is unlikely to be employed but he is not in any way defeated by these facts. It’s all about attitude. I find that attitude is something that is so changeable, it not only changes day by day but minute by minute! With the right attitude the Everest of problems we encounter before morning tea can be reduced to a mere mound by lunch time.
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