How to Avoid Getting Senile - Learning Some Foreign Languages May be of Great Help
Today the elderly people are increasing rapidly worldwide and we are having more and more senile people in proportion to it. Will the time ever come when an effective way is found to decrease the number of those suffering from senility? God only knows. Be that as it may, there must at least be some way to reduce the risk of getting senile. With this in mind, I searched the Internet and happened to get some information about this topic. Some articles I personally found very interesting indeed insist that learning a foreign language could be of some help. If you are interested at all, then I'd strongly recommend that you should check them to benefit from them. As far as I'm concerned, I conjecture that these particular articles based on scientific research are reliable enough, so I came to the conclusion that it's worth a try. Yes, it's very important to know about something which may be more or less beneficial to us, but what on earth would the knowledge be for if we never put it into practice? Such being the case, I've made up my mind to learn several languages to get the most out of it. The languages are as follows: English, Hebrew, German, Italian, Greek and Latin.
But you may want to ask, 'What's the use of taking the trouble to learn so many foreign languages at the same time just not to get senile?' Good question. Of course I admit that there would be some other ways than learning languages to avoid getting senile, so you don't need to learn any of them if you aren't interested at all. You are completely free to do anything to get senile and I'm neither legally nor morally responsible to protect you from senility. The important thing for you to realize is whether you have the will to do anything to protect yourself from it.
As for the reasons for my choice of the languages mentioned above, here's what I have to say:
English
The de facto official language of the onetime superpower (the British Empire) and of the current one (the United States of America), English is the most powerful language to make oneself understood to as many people upon earth as possible. It's such a blessed language that no other would ever replace it as the lingua franca of the world. Japanese as I am, I never write for Japanese people alone. Anything really good to be read that I write should by all means be shared with the world, so English will always be my primary language to be proficient in.
Hebrew
Most part of the Old Testament was written in Biblical Hebrew and they speak Modern Hebrew in the State of Israel. As someone who's judged God's Word in the Bible to have been valid for three millennia now, I feel irresistibly attracted to this miraculous language. I'm now planning to make a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and it would be great if I could make myself understood in it. That way, I'd bless the Jewish people and God would accordingly save me from getting senile if He pleased.
German
Without the great achievements the Germans have made since Gutenberg's invention of the movable-type printing press in the 15th century, the world we have today would have never been what it is. Japan itself also owes a great deal to Germany. Yes, English is the world language today, but why should you not learn German if you were to travel where it's spoken? Speak German when in Germanosphere and you'll find your stay there to be far more enjoyable. Were I to live to an old age, would my brain be as healthy as, say, that of Goethe, who completed 'Faust' at the age of 82? Let's wait and see. We still have got 27 years to go. Haha. If I was still alive then, I hope my brain would be healthy enough to be able to enjoy listening to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and other great composers whose mother tongue was German.
Italian
As the saying goes, 'When in Rome, do as the Romans do.' So why should we not try to speak Italian when in Italy? Learning the language will at least benefit us in various ways. Now take action rather than stop to muse negatively. Let's see Naples and then die. We will only go to heaven afterwards.
Greek
It's spoken almost only in Greece and its native speakers are only about 10 million. So what? We know that the New Testament was originally written in it (in Koine Greek, to be exact) and it would be worth learning it if it could help me keep away from senility.
Latin
It's said to be a dead language nowadays, but the interesting thing is that it still exists and that anyone interested can learn it. Reading the Vulgate could greatly help keep your brain very healthy. Or you could also find some inspirational proverbs. If so, then we should stop calling it 'dead'. Dead are the rotten souls of those who don't believe in God.
