Guardianship made me question my sense of values.
As someone who has worked within the criminal justice system, I honestly thought that there was such a thing being innocent until proven guilty, and consequently felt protected.
I thought that if you went to school, worked hard, followed the law, and treated others as you would like other to treat you, you would be a success.
I have realized that all my life I had mislead people; children, and myself into a lie.
The truth is that this is a society of consumerism.
If your shoes tear, they get thrown away --- it is cheaper.
If your TV breaks, you buy a new one --- it is cheaper.
If you get old, you are placed in a nursing home --- it is cheaper.
There is no value in the sentiment of things much less in the value and wisdom of old people.
There is no use for them.
They are also dispensable.
With guardianship, there is no nurturing, no bond, to anyone or anything.
As someone who has worked within the criminal justice system, I honestly thought that there was such a thing being innocent until proven guilty, and consequently felt protected.
I thought that if you went to school, worked hard, followed the law, and treated others as you would like other to treat you, you would be a success.
I have realized that all my life I had mislead people; children, and myself into a lie.
The truth is that this is a society of consumerism.
If your shoes tear, they get thrown away --- it is cheaper.
If your TV breaks, you buy a new one --- it is cheaper.
If you get old, you are placed in a nursing home --- it is cheaper.
There is no value in the sentiment of things much less in the value and wisdom of old people.
There is no use for them.
They are also dispensable.
With guardianship, there is no nurturing, no bond, to anyone or anything.
So very well said.
ReplyDeleteThese impact statements are priceless!
Indeed we are a throw away society. Especially the elderly -- if they get in the way, push them aside for the youngesters.
ReplyDeleteYears from now, society will look back at this as one of our darkest hours.
We are so changed by the bad experience that we never recover.
ReplyDeleteThe hurt is too deep.
If people only knew the dangers, the truth about guardianships, they would be marching in the streets in protest of what it means to be a ward and the family of the ward.
ReplyDeleteHELL ON EARTH!
Me too. Thanks for saying it.
ReplyDeleteThis describes the awful loss of ideals we all suffer when we discover that everything we've been taught doesn't apply in probate court.
ReplyDeleteGuardianship strips us of our humanity.
ReplyDeletePeople are reduced to money objects or they're of no worth. It's no way to live - it's no way to bring up our children.
ReplyDeleteIt's true. People are used up and then discarded like trash.
ReplyDeleteWe have to teach our children early that the elderly are to be respected and reveared, like we were taught when we were children.
Something's gone terribly wrong.