Home and love as an added bonus
Monday, July 14, 2025
*Noris Capin
I have come to the conclusion that the best place to be is at home, in the profound refuge that one’s dwelling provides. The world has changed; most people live at an overwhelming pace, leaving no room for real living. Home is the right place to live in peace.
When days fly by in a flash, we suddenly feel that life is fleeting, and that, without realizing it, we have become immersed in a different and overwhelming world. We know that the world evolves; human beings likewise progress or regress, and it depends on how we choose to view development or decline, whether from the perspective of intellect, faith or justice.
It is difficult to believe that everything exists as an insurmountable geometric calculation. Life is incomprehensible! Everything feels like gibberish; succeeding in today’s modern world can seem almost like a secret, amid the internet, social media, lies, speaking strictly by the book without thinking, or simply when people fail to exercise discretion and don’t hold their tongues.
And what about older people who don't know how to use a computer or who struggle to find the right words in difficult situations? What happens when they need to call a doctor’s office? The wait is endless. If you have to call somewhere to solve a problem, they keep you on hold forever, and you have to be lucky to get through to an operator. The elderly can’t make sense of that. Then there’s driving: the roads are packed, cars speed by, and if you go a little slower, they honk, insult you and rush past you just to intimidate.
I put myself in the shoes of elderly people who struggle to get by, to keep up, and to find encouragement amid the turmoil that overwhelms them and leaves them breathless. The Word of God says in Isaiah 46:4, "Even to your old age I am the same, even when your hair is gray I will bear you; It is I who have done this, I who will continue, and I who will carry you to safety."
Sometimes people feel lost in an unfamiliar, cold, impersonal environment: the internet. The fundamental transformation of humanity itself is now in question.
Home is a unique refuge where we are not imprisoned by other people, by the harsh things they say, or by the lack of human values. It’s like choosing not to go out into the street. For the elderly, home is more than just a house; it is their shelter and refuge—the security of knowing that, at home, life is more pleasant and that no one can come to slander or abuse them. It is your home, my home.
The respect we owe ourselves and others—especially the elderly—resounds in heaven as praise before God’s courts.
The care we owe the elderly—whether they live in a room or a nursing home—echoes in my mind and pains me deeply. It’s not the same as being with family, laughing, crying or resting, knowing there is a place where life isn’t measured by time or years.
Love, above all, is the reward of being human. The ability to love another person from the heart—especially our parents, who are the pillars upon which our lives are built—is truly admirable.
We must resolutely ignore everything that comes from outside: criticism, mockery, bad behavior, insensitive words, selfishness and the cruelty that destroys people of good faith—people like you and me.
