 By Jim Selman | Bio
Well, here we are, another Christmas Day,
almost another year gone by and people everywhere are at home or, if
not, are hopefully getting ‘something special’. I am saying a special
‘thanks’ to all those people who are working today so the rest of us
can relax and do whatever it is we’re doing on Christmas day—the
soldiers, the firemen, the police, the health care workers and even
lots of people in the hospitality and transportation industries. I woke up today thinking about[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action
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I don't think that age is personal. I know it feels like it is 'me'
that is getting older, but I don't experience myself as older. If
anything, I experience my 'self' as being 'better' than at any time I
can remember over the past 66 years. I feel more 'alive', more engaged,
more present and more satisfied than ever. It is true that my body
can’t run, wrestle or climb as easily as in the past. I make love more
often than in the best moments of my youth and, best of all, I am
experienced enough to enjoy it more. While age is always relative, I
can't really think of anything about being my age that isn't wonderful.
Moreover, I am looking forward to every day being the best yet.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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Over the past couple of years, I have been growing in my appreciation
of just about everything and everyone in my life. I am living most of
the time in an almost sublime state of acceptance and gratitude. Fears
about the future have somehow disappeared. My work is more satisfying
than at any time I can recall and, by all accounts, is more impactful. When I began this inquiry about aging almost 30 years ago, my vision
was that the end of life should have as much possibility as the
beginning—that age didn’t mean anything in terms of the quality of our
lives or what we accomplished. Today that vision, at least for me
personally, has become a reality.[ Read More]
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Sao Paulo is a big city—the largest in Brazil and one of the largest in
the world. From my point of view, it’s not particularly pretty, but it
is alive with energy. On the weekend, I went to Parque Iberapuera,
their equivalent of Central Park. Like most parks on a Saturday
afternoon, it was filled with people of all ages, walking or jogging,
enjoying this lovely oasis in the middle of tall buildings and endless
residential streets. [ Read More]
Written by Jim Selman at Fearless Aging
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