Some people think charging an ill person for services rendered is OK. The Sick person could be elderly and living on limited funds. If you can afford to buy them items, do it out of the goodness of your heart and do not charge them for the things you have done for them. Someday you will be elderly and living on limited funds yourself.
Years ago, a high-paying job for people paid $20,000.00 a year in wages. Now the cost of an average nursing home is $6800.00 to $9000.00 a month. The money they made in one year is gone in about 2 to 3 months. Their social security check is only about $600.00 a month. Their money goes very quickly in their old age. Be a good steward and help them as often as possible. Never take advantage of a down-and-out person, for you have sunk as low as you can if you do so. I have no time for opportunists or vultures.
Never ask someone for their possessions while alive or steal from them. You are a poor excuse for a human being if you have to rob the sick and dying. The person has made out a will; if you are not in it, live with it. Treat people how you want to be treated when you are sick or dying, and remember you are setting an example for your children and how they will be treating you down the road.
Do not be a vulture preying on those who are dying. The person you are preying on will see you for your true colors. I have seen people waiting for someone to die and what they might do with their money. People have told me they have made out new wills after they have overheard relatives talking about how they will be spending their money or who will be getting each one of their possessions. If you want money work for it as everyone else has; never expect things to hand to you on a silver platter.
Respect your elders, love and honor them in sickness, and be with them through good and bad times. May God bless you and your sick, elderly, and Ill friends. Remember, we are growing older every day. Make life for those you know as pleasant as possible each day that we are blessed to be on earth.
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