By Jim Selman | BioThe last 10 years seems to me to have been a
long decade. I know that time is supposed to ‘speed up’ as we get
older, but the “Millennium” celebrations, Y2K and all the hype about
the 21st century seems like ancient history. A decade ago, we still
weren’t at war in two countries, 9/11 hadn’t happened, George Bush was
still promising a bipartisan administration, climate change was still a
bit of an arcane scientific debate for most of us, New Orleans was
still having a non-stop party and Google was a minor start-up. YouTube
didn’t exist at the turn of the century, eBay and Amazon were still
babies, and the real estate bubble was just beginning. Steve Jobs had
recently returned to Apple after spending 13 years with NeXT, the iPod
and iTunes were concept just beginning to be developed and the iPhone
wasn’t even in sight.[Read More]
The fact that our global population is aging is becoming a topic of
major concern. Julia Moulden wrote in her Huffington Post article "The Aging Population: A Silver Tsunami" about the conversations at the Business of Aging Summit
in Toronto, Canada earlier this month. It was hotly debated whether
this age wave should be seen as an opportunity or a challenge. Ms.
Moulden sees this as an opportunity to reshape the world. Read her article online to discover 5 people whom she believes exemplify those who are "riding the crest of this wave".[Read More]
“Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance . . .
the dance of the spiraling generations, in which the old empower the
young with their experience and the young empower the old with new
life, reweaving the fabric of the human community as they touch and
turn.”
—Parker J. Palmer
American author, educator, activist[Read More]
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By Jim Selman | BioI am one of the folks who love Christmas. I
am not particularly sentimental, nor am I into elaborate decorating or
gift-giving. I just like the music and the general shift in mood that
seems to come with the season. I recognize, however, that not everyone
is ‘happy’ around Christmas time. This is the season for lots of
‘relapses’ in 12-Step programs, a ‘blip’ in suicides, and (of course)
the usual problems associated with too many parties and too much
alcohol. Whatever the reasons, there is definitely a dark side to
Christmas. As I’ve grown older, I see more clearly[Read More]
2. Be patient
As the Biblical injunction provides, all things good come to those who
wait. This precondition for good temperament has two elements to it:
time and wisdom. Part of wisdom is the understanding that
active listening is a form of generosity, a key element in a mature
temperament. Waiting for the other point of view, the various possible
perspectives, or even the depletion of emotion, takes discipline.[Read More]
By Stuart James Whitley | BioAlways a fan of pith & substance, when I wrote out the three rules for a good living in my last post (Wolf’s Theorem),
it occurred to me that the same formula might apply to the development
of good temperament. In common parlance, ‘temperament’ is the kind of
person we are. One supposes it’s what Shakespeare had in mind when he
bid Hamlet say: “Come, give us a taste of your quality.” (Act II, Scene
ii)[Read More]
Many of us--the vast majority of Boomers in fact--deal with the trials
and tribulations of vision loss. Corrective lenses address some issues,
but not all. Reading glasses can help focus on things within 12 to 18
inches. Progressive lenses allow for relatively natural vision for
anything that is close, far or in between. And HD lenses, offering the
latest in technological improvements, provide maximum clarity at all
distances, reduce distortion and increase your field of vision (as
compared to progressives). However, for those with low vision, color
blindness or blindness, even these are insufficient when it comes to
computers.[Read More]
By Jim Selman | BioOver the past few years, I have written about
how life in our society is increasingly becoming a 'spectator sport'. I
am again reminded of this as I listen to week after week of pundits
second-guessing President Obama and other leaders as if their points of
view are a) true, b) somehow contributing to a civil public discourse,
and c) honest and not contrived to produce controversy or provoke
conflict and drama.[Read More]
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