By Jim Selman | Bio
Stephanie Chen, a writer for CNN, recently published " No Retirement for These Older Folks, Just Work"
about older workers and the fact that more and more people have to keep
working well beyond their 'retirement age'. For some, this is purely a
function of economic necessity. For others, it is a choice. The piece
included two examples, a 91-year-old postal worker and a 101-year-old
legislative employee who are still going strong. If we're to believe the
predictions from Washington DC, everyone is going to be working longer
as a function of keeping Social Security solvent. The examples in Stephanie Chen's article are exceptions that prove the rule that states[ Read More]
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 By Jim Selman | Bio
Of
all the complaints and fears we hear that are associated with aging,
the number one is boredom. After a lifetime of activity and
accomplishment, it is incredible how many of us move into “elderland”
only to discover that we’re unsatisfied and bored. How can this be?
Granted that we might not be as spry as we once were and some of our
libidos are lackluster, but goodness gracious, do we really expect our
circumstances to make us happy or enthusiastic or interested in other
people and the possibilities of each and every day? [ Read More]
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By Shae Hadden | Bio
This New Year’s Eve was a refreshing break
from the past for me: a friend and I went to a local hall to listen to
a concert of Buddhist chants and instrumental music while we walked the
indoor labyrinth. The hall was crowded, filled with adults seriously
intent on purposeful walking. Two little girls were dancing and
skipping the labyrinth together—one following the other. Whenever they
encountered an obstacle (that is, an adult moving slowly), they would
weave around whoever was in their path. While all the adults were
focused on meditating or intensely concentrating on their ‘experience’,
these two girls were laughing and smiling, joyously taking whatever
life placed in front of them at their pace, slip-sliding in their socks
all the way to the centre and back out again. What struck me was not only that all the adults looked as if they
carried the weight of the world on their shoulders, but that they took
three times as long to do one circuit.[ Read More]
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By Shae HaddenBio
I was surprised to sit down to dinner at a restaurant last night and
look up to see a table full of women boldly wearing red hats sitting
across from me. Few people wear hats these days, fewer still with any
sense of style. Yet these ladies, members of the Red Hat Society, were obviously comfortable with themselves and sassy enough to carry it off.[ Read More]
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