I am grateful that your book club has chosen to read and discuss The Making of an Old Soul: Aging as the Fulfillment of Life’s Promise. I’m providing the quotes and discussion points below to prompt the discussion for one or multiple sessions. The book’s official pub date is Oct. 1 but the paperback edition […]
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The Sage-ing Book Club will be discussing the late Kathleen Dowling Singh’s The Grace in Aging: Awaken As You Grow Older on-line via Zoom on Oct 21 at 4-5 p.m. Eastern. To assure yourself one of the prized 30 spaces, first come-first served, follow the Book Club link after clicking HERE How to Live Your Soul Story, Sept […]
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Calendar Note: Sage-ing International will host our discussion regarding Dr. James Hollis’ new book “Living Between Worlds” , the August selection of the online Sage-ing International Book Club. And for music from Dan Orsborn’s new one-man group Danny & the Drive-ins to enliven your solitude, click HERE. –Fiercely Yours, Carol Orsborn __________________________ Behaviorists say it […]
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Fifty years ago today, I married the man with whom I’m traveling through life. Dan and I met on the cusp of adulthood, a tender 21, and for decades—through the births of children and grandchildren, multiple careers, dogs and cities–we have done our best to figure life out together. So far, so good. People often […]
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For those of us committed to aging consciously, the pandemic has had an unanticipated consequence. Many of us were already well beyond the first half of life tasks of adult development, digging deep to hit the bedrock of our own authenticity. Even so, along the way, it is easy to get stalled, triggered and often […]
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When I turned 70, I wondered what life would look like for me at 95. That was just two years ago but the pandemic and its horrific ramifications unfolding in real time has sped everything up. So soon, the veil of mystery shrouding both the truth and the end of things has largely parted. Over […]
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Excerpt from John Robinson’s new book Resilience: Aging with Vision, Hope and Courage in a Time of Crisis. In Regards to Mystical Activism: To What Are You Being Called Climate warrior defending Creation against the continuing assault of development, pollution, and exploitation through social protest and civil disobedience. Citizen Lobbyist pressuring local, state and national […]
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How sobering, that moment when we come to realize that we are capable of a peculiar greatness. As we grow over time into our unique, authentic self, what others think of us becomes less and less of a concern. We lose our filters and find words issuing forth that may not be judicious, but are […]
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The recognition that I prefer to live in my small self came late in life and I would not now trade it for anything. Growing old helps slow me down, limits options, provides cover for the tenderest parts of myself. Small is where I am grounded, nourished, whole. Digging deep into these new-found sensitivities, I […]
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Today, all is simple and clear—as if there were never any confusion nor complexity regarding God, meaning or the nature of life. Of course, it’s easier to feel close to God on days like today, warmed to perfection by a light spring breeze, nothing particularly wrong or unpleasant. The dogs are draped on chaise lounges, […]
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“Once again, Carol Orsborn stirs the reader to reflect upon aging as an opportunity for depth and expansion, and week by week to experience that which abides through life’s changes.”
James Hollis, Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life
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“The Spirituality of Age is beautifully written…the best book I have ever read on this most significant passage.”
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