On Longevity: A Digniview
POETRY FORMAT, 23 Apr 2018
Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
LONGEVITY ? In a Book of LIFE more than a daily page
It is a generous, divine blessing bestowed on human age
LONGEVITY should be enjoyed in full dignity
As a cognitive force manifested as seniority
LONGEVITY should be deeper than a life-long experience
It is a Humanity-serving-and-humbling type of sapience
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Francisco Gomes de Matos, Ph.D. is an applied peace linguist from Recife, Brazil. He has degrees in Languages, Law, and Linguistics. He is Professor Emeritus at the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco where he is active in the Dom Hélder Camara Human Rights Commission. He is one of the pioneers in Linguistic Rights (author of 1984 Plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights) and in the emerging area of Peace Linguistics. Currently he is President of the Board, ABA Global Education (www.abaweb.org). He can be reached at fcardosogomesdematos@gmail.com.
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