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Out of Africa: Part 2

Friday Apr 10 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

I'm half-way through the safari. We've experienced total immersion in the Hadze culture, experienced the world's eighth natural wonder—the Ngorongoro Crater—and the world's largest zoo—a 10 mile by 12 mile caldera with 1,800 foot walls. We're now in the Serengeti. As luck would have it, we've connected with part of the great migration of plains animals—hundreds of thousands of primarily wildebeest and zebra. It is easy to imagine what our early pioneers

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Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: africa fitness ngorongoro_crater serengeti

Africa

Thursday Jan 29 2009

By Jim Selman | Bio

I am getting ready to fulfill one of my dreams. I have always wanted to go to Africa, but for one reason or another it was always too expensive, too far away or the opportunity just didn’t click at the right time. In March, I will be going and I am both excited and a little anxious since I am not quite sure what to expect. As I watch myself preparing, I realize that the best part of getting ready is that I don’t know what to expect—and that is the good news. Too much of our lives is spent living into expectations, which is one reason why we often get what we expect and are so surprised when we don’t.[Read More]

Written by eldering at Retirement

Tagged with: africa choice future purpose retirement richard_leider transformation