Are you all alone fellow elderly this Christmas? Allow Elderly Blues and Blows to make you smile if only a little . . .

Experts say being alone is not being lonely so smile fellow elderly, you are only alone, not lonely. If however, you feel alone and lonely, allow your fellow elderly to make you smile if only a little.

1) It is when you are alone that you can do many things: write your life story; tend to your garden; clean nooks never reached by you due to other disturbances;

2) When you feel alone and also lonely, make it a teaching moment and a learning opportunity. That is life: you come alone and you go alone but with your faith, you are in fact never alone and loneliness is seen more as an attitude that should be overcome with positive outlook in life.

3)  Do not worry for after a while somebody will come to visit you or make it a point to volunteer to touch others who are alone. This is the wonder if not one of the miracles of life: there is always someone who must be touched by God to reach out to others who need a nice companion or a generous neighbor.

4) This is one instance when an internet connection would be a handy way to communicate even to strangers like me. They say you can pour your "gut" in another level to somebody you have never met. A fellow human being is someone who is everything like you- being human beings as we are - and somehow life is better this time.

5) Google anything you do not understand. This is one of the most meaningful tasks of Google. It gives us insights or say in another way what we already know so it is still good for the weary spirit.

6)  Count your blessings for you will notice that if you listen hard enough,there are others who have lost everything due to calamity and yet find a reason to move on - amidst the pain and loss. They say Filipinos are like this, we "laugh at our problems" although we are aware we should not do it all the time or it might lead to a disorder.

7) Where is the promised smile that we hope should end this blog:  You read this blog and there is reason to smile for reading through the list. You are game. You made me smile too!

Fellow elderly: Merry Christmas to you and let us together await the New Year (2012) with a smile that only elderly people can understand: another reprieve - another chance - another opportunity to inspire others who are still young and already they want to die