When should the clock stop?
I heard a great story the other day. It was all about a university women’s
football team. They were playing as
usual, the teams were well matched so they were working hard to get ahead. It was coming to the end of the game and
fatigue was setting in. They kept
playing, giving it their all, but something didn’t seem right. Why were they so tired? It wasn’t unusual for one or two of the
players to feel depleted, but this time both teams were struggling.
What was going on?
It suddenly dawned on them that the whistle should have been blown at least 15 minutes ago. They kept looking at the referee, pointing at their wrists to nudge him into blowing the whistle. But he kept the game going. Finally, the game came to an end.
When the team came off the pitch they were
talking amongst themselves about how long they had played. A woman on the side was listening. She joined in the conversation and said that
this chap often keeps a game going over the normal 45 minutes each way. She said, “It’s because he’s having such a
good time. You see I’m his carer and I
have come to drive him back to the care home.
He puts it off for as long as possible.”
How brilliant is that. An 85 year old man still running up and down
the pitch. It just goes to show you that
care homes are not prisons, people can come and go as they please if they are
well enough and have the right attitude.
There is no set time to stop being active whether you live in a care
home or elsewhere so why do some people assume that those in a care home are
incapable of growth and development? What
do you think?
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