Our ageing world

ok dah ingt balik apa topik yg sy nak share last time..when reading The Dominion Post few days ago..i was interested to this topic..the title is "Our ageing world"..according to this newspaper ,people aged 65 and over will soon outnumber children under five for the first time in history..globally, this "oldest old" population is projected to increase 233% between 2008 and 2040..what do u say about this?why is that so? the reason that they have predicted was the increase is primarily the result of high fertility levels after World War II and secondarily, but increasingly, the result of reduced death rates at older ages..yeah, that is right I think..as we can see in Malaysia itself, older people such as our grand grand parents or aunts are more energetic eventhough they are already 70s or 80s..for example, I still have my grandmother who is still energetic eventhough she is nearly 90 years old..she is older than Tun Mahathir I guess..but they still can perform so many things..they are very hardworking..they don't like to waste their time by doing nothing..mayb that is because the difference in lifestyle and environment now and before..

secondly, high fertility levels..mayb that's also true..people before the world war, our late grandparents, they do get married before age 20..if compared to now, even people age 40 still haven't got married. they usually busy with their job..some people think that getting married means that they will have a high responsibilty..well, that's the reason why we are here, in this world. to take the responsibily..and then, we can also compare the number of children that each family has.. nowadays, the average children in each family basically just 2 or 3..and maximum we can see is 4 i guess..but before the world war II, each family basically has at least 8 children..some family has more than 15 children...is that because of high fertility or they choose to have them? if u get married at the earlier age, the chances of getting more children is high..well that is my opinion..

Maksud firman Allah swt: “Dan kahwinlah orang-orang bujang diantara kamu dan orang-orang yang layak berkahwin dari hamba yang lelaki dan perempuan.Jika mereka miskin,Allah swt akan memberikan kemampuan kepada mereka dengan kurniaNya.Dan Allah Maha Luas pemberiannya lagi Maha Mengetahui”.[24:32]