THE HERALD OUTLOOK Saturday September 1990 Page 5 Seniors can pass on wisdom to young generation self methods By FLORENCE WILKINSON Most of us grew up with a lot of sayings that gave us a lesson in a nutshell I have been reading some articles recently which indicate that either we do not take birds eye view seriously enough or that it is not a big enough saying Perhaps for our times we need to think in terms of an astronauts view It is sometimes discouraging for a generation to And out that even when it thought it was doing the very best thing it turned out to be a bad thing or if not a bad thing to have brought some bad results with it For example Lyme disease Thirty years ago Lyme disease was not reported because there were few deer and fewer ticks Hunting rules changed rules and environmental at titudes changed and now there are so many deer that they are a hazard on the highways as well as in the crops and the gardens far JtftWU Where there is no deer population there is no report of Lyme disease My own brother who has always been an environmentalist and even when the deer were ruining his garden would not have killed them has had to deal with the tick which causes Lyme disease He was fortunate enough to catch it in time so that there was no long term effects Was it bad judgement to have en couraged the increase of deer population and to restrict ting If we had an overview or were enough to figure out future consequences would we have done things differently and avoided the potential for this disease which is considered by some to be next to Aids in epidemic proportions Malaria Chagas disease are some other diseases which like Lyme disease owe their alarming success to human made changes in the environment These changes are often made with the very best intentions For exam pie malaria has had a helping hand from the human attempts to civilize and reshape the tropics and changing farming methods have been a great help to the malaria bearing mosquito Ex could go on and on One of the most recent examples of doing good turning into bad results is found in the western society urge to be helpful to the developing nations Western methods which have worked so well for us have turned out to be disastrous for others People in both developed and developing na see the need to let the developing nations work out their own methods with the help of and the expertise of the d eloped na tions The Christian Church his had to learn the same lessons in sharing the Good News To share the news and leave it for those who hear to develop it in their own way is for this western society self serving methods which bring power and prestige the kind of power and prestige which spell disaster for the generations which follow I got the idea for this article from two differing sources One was an article In the MayJune issue of Equinox magazine and the other was an article in my sity of Toronto magazine ours And it does not matter if the semors tave news is news of faith or news of in articles for several years now which offered this type of informa but with the onset of Lyme disease in southern Ontario the reminders get closer and closer to home and seem to make the issue more imminent Seniors with their own time overview may be able to bring wisdom and hope into the And so we seniors who have done the best we can are now hav the face the facts that that is not always good enough We will have the wisdom to pass on to the younger generation the great need to have an astronauts view all people and all situations using Wessons of the past to evaluate con sequences for the future Or to put it another way will we teach the following generations to be centred in others and the whole of the universe rather than in self and and still have a part to play in ing the global village which the made through corn- become a global village in relationship and com mon human support of one another I lost 103 lbs with NutriSystem and got all the food I needed to feel healthy On other weight loss programs and I was never hungry I felt I wasn getting enough to eat healthy and full of life So I was always hungry andhad Now I m very active absolutely no energy I use a rowing machine and I But with NutriSystem it was learning to ski I mm different I ate lots of terrific food great shape Our Comprehensive Weight Loss Program Will Help Over ONE MILLION Clients This Year IT INCLUDES Safe and effective weight loss Nutritionally balanced meal plans Nutritional supervision No calorie counting OVER 1700 CENTRES WORLDWIDE weight loss centres Our client Elsa Barren lost 103 lbs LOSE ALL THE WEIGHT YOU WANT TO LOSE FOR ONLY Call Today For A FREE No- Obligation Consultation GEORGETOWN ORANGEVILLE GEORGETOWN MARKET PLACE GUELPH STREET 8731900 offer doei not include cost of exclusive food video and maintenance program New eland only Offer vaHd at participating ctntres Offer September