By Stuart J. Whitley | Bio
Einstein is supposed to have said that the
most important decision we ever make is whether the world is a good
place or a bad place. I don’t believe that we consciously make that
decision—we are taught to believe it, one way or the other, and the
most difficult lesson of all to unlearn is that we live in a hostile
universe. There are just too many confirmatory events that tend to
erode our courage to think differently. Current strategies in[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Wisdom in Action
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
President Obama held a briefing on the Community Solutions Agenda
this past Tuesday, in which he acknowledged the contributions of
several winners of the “Purpose Prize” along with other not-for-profit
community organizations. The Purpose Prize was created a few years ago
by Civic Ventures
as a way to focus our attention on the ongoing contributions that
elders make in our country and the world. I thought the President’s
acknowledgment summed it up nicely, not only for the Elders in the room
but for people of all ages committed to making a difference.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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 By Shae Hadden | Bio
Spring flowers bloom passionately on the
sunny West Coast day, birds are preparing nests for their young and
people run madly by me as I sit by the ocean and ponder what it takes
to survive in these times. My search for a place to live has not yet
been entirely successful, and the conversations I’ve had reveal both
desperation and gnawing hesitation in myself and others to actually put
a stake in the ground—metaphorically speaking—and declare that this is
the future we are committing to. It’s almost as if[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
I haven’t lived through the Depression, or participated in a major
global conflict. Compared to many people on this planet, I haven’t had
a lot of difficulties in my life. But the challenges that I have faced
I have been able to survive. If you’d asked me a year ago what made
that possible, I would probably have said “sheer will power”. But I’m a
little older and a little wiser now. And my answer today has a quality
of serenity in it that wasn’t evident back then. Viewing the future as[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Leadership
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
With elections today in Canada and next month in the U.S., this is a
good time to remind all the women we know to exercise their right to
vote--a right which we've only had for less than a century. In
July 1917, a group of 33 women picketed outside the White House, asking
for the right to vote. They were rounded up by 40 police wielding
clubs, brought to Occoquan Workhouse in Virginia and imprisoned for
"obstructing sidewalk traffic".
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Dear Dad,
I wanted to share this song, “ Before You Go”,
with you today. It says what I have never been able to communicate
fully…THANK YOU for my life and all that I cherish, value and hold
dear. As you and many of your generation know all too well, many of my
generation and those younger than us don't necessarily understand or
agree with your views. But I wanted you to know we all acknowledge and
appreciate the gifts you have given us.[ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
Believers
in the Law of Attraction, take heed! If you are afraid, don’t try to
resist your fear. If you do, then you will give more power to it and
end up attracting what you are afraid of. I know. I’ve just experienced
my worst fear: of being very sick, alone, and uncertain about what is
happening.[ Read More]
Written by eldering at Fearless Aging
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
I’ve been thinking about how we define success, and observing how
serene people become when they feel ‘successful’. For most of my life,
I’ve focused my thinking on achieving the traditional symbols of
success: significant recognition, meaningful associations with
particular people, my own home, specific possessions. Something shifted
in me a few years ago when I realized none of these ‘mean’ anything
when we reach the end of our journey. They hold only peripheral
interest for me now.[ Read More]
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