It is one of the saddest things I saw in Japan’s latest news. The current financial crisis is making even harder for the elderly to survive, forcing them to shoplift from their groceries.

The number of people without children or sufficient funds to take care of themselves is increasing by the day. Apparently the number of criminal offences committed by people older than 65 has doubled between 2003 and 2008. Some seniors committing crimes are actually aiming to get into jail, where a daily routine and free meals are provided for them.

I’m a sucker for the less fortunate. Although I know there’s no way I can save the entire world, I can’t walk by a begging elderly person without giving them something. Imagine that something happened to you and that was your mother standing there, at the end of entire life lived with hopes and dreams similar to yours, with nothing or nobody left to take care of herself…