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The Eden Alternative is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to improving the experience of aging and disability around the world. It is a powerful tool for improving the quality of life and for recapturing a meaningful work life. The Eden Alternative shows us how the opportunity to give meaningful care to other living things, animals and plants, and the variety and spontaneity that mark an enlivened environment can succeed where pills and therapies fail. It’s better to live in a garden … Our Mission Improving the lives of the Elderly and their Carers by transforming the communities in which they live and work Our Vision The elimination of Loneliness, Helplessness and Boredom Our Motto It can be different Implementation may sound simple, but is not easy. Here an advice from an Elder for your own Eden journey: "People are often unreasonable, illogical, and self-centered; Forgive them anyway If you are kind, People may accuse you of selfish, ulterior motives; Be kind anyway If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies; Succeed anyway If you are honest and frank, People may cheat you; Be honest and frank anyway What you spend years building, someone could destroy overnight; Build anyway If you find serenity and happiness, They may be jealous; Be happy anyway The good you do today, people will often forget tomorrow; Do good anyway Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough; Give the world the best you've got anyway" Contributed by Emi Kiyota, MArch, USA and Japan |
