Who amongst us does not know more now than we did ten, thirty or fifty years ago…not just about what is right and what is wrong, but who we are and the nature of the choices that are ours to make? We have been informed by dreams and nightmares as well as by unearned grace. […]
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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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What does one make of hope when we see how many attempts we’ve made to improve ourselves, only to remain essentially the same? The same tendencies, traits and habits we’d thought we’d beaten into submission re-emerge again, sometimes subtler, but essentially unchanged. It is not that our lives don’t improve. Eventually, one learns not to […]
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Our two oldest dogs, little Sammy and Lucky, can—on a good day—pick their way up the doggie steps to the sofa. Reaching their favorite spots, they curl up exhausted after prevailing upon their hind legs to finally obey and the whole dog gratefully makes it over the edge onto the cushion. When they get there […]
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Another of the great gifts of age is that perceptions—even cherished ones– can seemingly change in a flash. All the life experience, all the trial and error, all the observation and contemplation finally amounts to something. It is as if each of us has a spiritual Rosetta Stone: a touch-point that unlocks the key to […]
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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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Live long and well enough, then someday—seemingly out of nowhere, rising like a phoenix from the ashes–you will be swept with unexpected tenderness for yourself and for others: the whole human drama in which you have given life more than you knew you had in you, but it was still not enough. Only then, when […]
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It just happened again. I woke up feeling every bit my age, careening toward my morning shower—when I was swept with joy because I love my shower curtain. I love my shampoo. I love that I can trust that the spray will come out at the exact warmth and intensity I prefer. Eight years ago, […]
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I used to think the best one could hope for from dying was a gentle fading away. I believed this to be true in my late forties, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer, placed myself in God’s tender care, and survived. Somehow, I managed to get past making deals and beyond offering up sacrifices […]
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We who are old did not ask to be tested by time, to learn through our suffering nor to become heroes. We would rather life had not asked quite so much of us—presented even a few less occasions to which we had to rise. Yet but one white crane dipping and soaring above the river […]
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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.”
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