Acceptance

I am in an assisted living community and there are many different personalities in here as in any place, be it school, city, work force or neighborhood. The only thing different is the duration of those personalities. We come to assisted living with a problem. Each of us has to remember that and it is emblazoned on us by the quick turn over of the residents. They are here today and maybe gone tomorrow. We are not told they are gone or where they are gone or if they will be back. We watch their rooms to see if their belongings are removed, indicating that they will not return. But, we don't know if they have gone to a different home, maybe have gone to a nursing home or if they are gone gone. We tell ourselves to not get attached to them, but we do, even to the personalities that aren't our usual types. We come to accept all.