These are dark times—and yet, there is cause for hope.  In the most optimistic reading of our times, the shadows within which we huddle represent the end of an era and the clearing away of the outlived old for something new and unexpected. But this understanding requires a greater grasp of historical perspectives and a […]

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My friends, let’s grow up. Let’s stop pretending we don’t know the deal here… Let’s grieve our losses fully, like ripe human beings, But please, let’s not be so shocked by them. — Jennifer Welwood   What the world needs now, more than ever, is more consciousness—of large things previously denied and small things previously […]

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In a moment, a question for you. A big one. But first, something you know well. It’s an old person, in this case a woman, who has somehow found her way onto a morning show where she is being celebrated for a major accomplishment. She is wearing an orchid as big as her head which […]

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In the pitch black of the early hours when most would rather still be sleeping, I stubbed my toe on my authentic self. I shouldn’t have been surprised, given that it’s been smack dab in the center of my room since before I was born and I thought I knew it so well. But It’s […]

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Our generation has often spoken of the imperative to fulfill one’s human potential.  In my understanding, this potential is not limited to the thin slice of the spectrum we tend to think of as happiness.  To be fully alive, we must avail ourselves of the entire range including bittersweet sorrow, righteous indignation and grief. Add […]

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To be perfectly frank, I do not like aging and cannot, in good faith, recommend it. But I love being old and you can’t get here without all the nonsense that came before. For me, aging is the equivalent of coming down with a cold. While in your heart, you know it’s progressing into something […]

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