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There are a lot of things in our society that free us and make it easy to be independent. Almost pushes us to be self-sufficient. These are good. It’s what makes our country great.

But when life’s circumstances change and require some dependency on others for support, we don’t always know what to do. We see dependence as a weakness rather than a fact of life.

How can we all support the care of children who must have the nurturing support of someone at all times and be OK with that, actually insist that it must happen.

But, when it comes to those facing disabilities and who are aging, we tend to marginalize them? We tend to generalize and categorize this population or leave it the understanding that “it’s someone else’s” responsibility or “someone else is doing that.” We honestly see them as a burden.

I’m not looking forward to getting old. Kinda makes me feel like what I do now will be meaningless once I hit 70 or some age when I stop fighting for my place in the world and for my story or contributions to society to matter.

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— Anonymous