Tag Archive for: aging

Engaging older life in creative ways

"Aging as a Spiritual Journey" was my first major foray into the challenges and promise of growing older. This study encouraged all of us to engage in older life in newly creative ways.

The dancer and the dance

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Growth through diminishment, based on a willingness to encounter the inner demons of old age with faith, can lead to authentic joy even amid hardships.

Aging into everyday love

The idea of love in elderhood is often a distant discussion, as though getting older means that "love" is something that becomes an abstract from the past. It is not, love is eternal and a part of the universe.

Gratitude at 92

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At 92, I realize that gratitude is a process that takes a lifetime to develop -- or, at least, it was a lifetime process for me.  I know now that I am grateful for all my teachers, both earthly and spiritual, that have taught me valuable lessons.

Aging into everyday love

I caution elders not to fall into the trap of seeing themselves as useless, mindless, and sexless, the triad of ageism coined by Maggie Kuhn and her Gray Panther movement.