Aging & the Inner Life
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NAVIGATING EMOTIONS in DIFFICULT TIMES
Who among us has not felt red hot anger? In fact, anger is often the most appropriate emotion. Rage even. But, when we live in a place of constant anger or despair we…
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DEAR FRIENDS & KIND HEARTS
Dear Friends and kind hearts, Yesterday felt like a Good Friday to me. Steeped in the sacred and sacramental as a child, the rituals of the Episcopal Church provided comfort to me as…
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11/6/2024 A Message for My Children & Grandchildren
In the darkness this morning, as I struggled to absorb what’s happened, I began writing to my children. What can I tell them? How can I give them hope, I thought. What do…
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FINDING JOY AS WE AGE – A CHOICE
Many of us don’t believe we can find joy as we age. After all, we’ve spent a lifetime striving, achieving, overcoming, managing, and caring for others often beyond our limits. And now, the…
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BEES ~ What They Teach Us About Dying
Have you ever seen a bee resting on a flower in the evening? They are sometimes old bees, tired or unwell after a hard day’s work. Old bees don’t return to their hive…
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MEDITATION, TECHNOLOGY & AGING ABUNDANTLY
I remember so clearly the mood of my teen years. Stepping off the school bus at fifteen and sixteen into the quiet of solitude of the two block walk to my house, I…