We Never Know How Many Lives We Touch
We Never Know How Many Lives We Touch Yesterday, I was at a celebration to honor an old, dear friend who had recently retired from a long, distinguished career as an architect. We were in a lovely hall his wife had beautifully decorated with drawings, plans, elevations, and photos of various projects he had conceived […]
Understanding Resistance and Suffering
Understanding Resistance and Suffering Note: This is another in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. If there was something you’re doing that made suffering feel like a constant part of your life, would you want to know […]
Can I Be in Pain and Still See Life as a Miracle?
Can I Be in Pain and Still See Life as a Miracle? Note: This is another in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. Being in physical pain is no one’s idea of a good time. I’ve discovered […]
Do Your Special Qualities Define Who You Really Are?
Do Your Special Qualities Define Who You Really Are? Note: This is another in a series of blogs related to a book I’ve been writing. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. If the quality or qualities you believe make you special were to evaporate, would you know who you are? I’m […]
Do You Live in the Universe of One, or the Universe of Oneness?
Note: This is another in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing for some months. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. Though there is only one universe, the quality of our thinking can determine which one one of two conceptual universes we seem to inhabit. There’s the universe […]
Are You Experiencing Aging Through the Lens of Untrue Thoughts?
Note: This is another in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing for some months. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. What would your life be like if you were viewing it through a pair of glasses you never took off and that were both filthy, […]
Are Your Thoughts About Aging Your Own?
Note: This is the second in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing for some months. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. What sort of beliefs do you have about getting and being older? What if most of what you think you know about old age […]
Are the Best Decisions Thought, or Felt?
Note: This is the third in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing for some months. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Aging. Let’s say you have what feels like a big decision in front of you. Where do you start? Most of us will probably start […]
Most of What You Think You Know About Aging is Untrue
Most of What You Think You Know About Aging is Untrue Note: This is the first in a series of blogs related to a book project I’ve been writing for some months. The book is called, The Slightly Older Person’s Guide to Graceful Living. I’ll start this with a broad statement: almost everything you think you know […]
Recipe for a Perfect Day
Recipe for a Perfect Day I had a perfect day not long ago. It wasn’t that everything in my day went without a hitch. It wasn’t some lucky confluence of circumstances. It didn’t have to do with something I did. The perfect day I enjoyed was due more to something I didn’t do. How can […]