 By Shae Hadden | Bio
It’s difficult these days to not worry
about something—what with the economic crisis, pollution, climate
change, species extinction, resource depletion and the melting polar
ice caps, not to mention the innumerable human conflicts on the planet.
Many of our conversations revolve around one or another of these
topics, or at least are impacted by the larger global issues we all are
facing. And much of what I’m hearing in what people are saying is that
they are ‘worried’ about the future—both their individual future and
our collective future. Considering the scale and the complexity of the
issues we’re facing, it might seem that we should worry. I beg to
differ.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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 By Elizabeth Russell | Bio
Read Part I and Part II of this series.
It is difficult not to notice that many people focus on their
health—the latest visit to the doctor or the most recent medication. I
realize that, at least in part, this is due to a shift in
attention—away from a concern with family, community or the world and
toward this body in which we dwell and which, at this time of life,
would command all of our attention if we let it. It is also difficult
to live in this environment and not be reminded, almost daily, of our
mortality, as one after another of us leaves in an ambulance. [ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
I was talking to my neighbor today about
the book that Shae and I are working on. It is about retirement and
we’re engaged in the question of ‘when’ does retirement occur. Is it
merely an ‘event’ that happens at the end of our last job? My thinking
is that it is whatever is left of our lives when our primary concern in
life is no longer about earning a living. In this context, a trust fund
baby could be born retired just as a person who is ‘retired’ could
still have an occupation. Even a homeless person (if homelessness as a
choice) might be seen to be ‘retired’—as Roger Miller’s “King of the
Road” would suggest.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Retirement
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One of the nice things about traveling about as I have been for the
past couple of years is that you get an opportunity to listen to people
in other countries speak about the state of the world. As a fair
generalization, I would suggest that we in the USA and Canada are among
the most vocal ‘worriers’ I encounter. I would say that a high
percentage of North American conversations—at least among those I
converse with and based on my take on ‘the news’ on TV—are worried
about something. From head-shaking expletives about George W to the
justice system, the environment and the state of the world to, of
course, terrorism, it is just one thing after another. Even in Canada
(which has institutionalized optimism), the “Yes, but” appeal to a
balanced account is wearing thin.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at The Great Turning
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