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The Dance of the Generations

Tuesday Dec 29 2009

“Mentors and apprentices are partners in an ancient human dance . . . the dance of the spiraling generations, in which the old empower the young with their experience and the young empower the old with new life, reweaving the fabric of the human community as they touch and turn.”   
—Parker J. Palmer
American author, educator, activist[Read More]

Written by eldering at Fearless Aging

Tagged with: community empower generations old young

How Old Would You Be...?

Wednesday Feb 21 2007

By Lauren Selman
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When do you start to get older? After reading the comments about aging, I ask, “When does aging begin?” Aging is placed in the context of those entering their thirties and beyond, but for me, I believe the process of aging began the day I was born. When I was a little girl, I was asked what I wanted to be when I grew up and I simply responded, "I don't want to grow up." But the truth was I was growing up as I was saying those words. I was resisting aging from the moment I could answer such a question and the fairies of Neverland dusted me with fairy dust. But the wonderful thing about Neverland is that everyone is there. The older pirates and the youthful lost boys.

Tagged with: age aging elders growing older young

The Mirror of Old

Wednesday Nov 22 2006

By Shae Hadden
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I'm fascinated by how people affix meaning to language, and the limitless interpretations they draw from words. 'Old', for example, triggers different responses among my friends. And their interpretations show me how they feel about growing older. It's not always a happy image...[Read More]

Written by eldering at Personal Empowerment
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Fear

Wednesday Oct 04 2006

By Vincent DiBianca
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A year or so ago, a few colleagues and I started to write a book about the second half of life and how people could live a full and fulfilling life until the day they die. The treatise was that, in many ways, the second half could clearly surpass the quality of experiences in the first half. I saw in my own life and those around me profound examples of people 40 and older reinventing their careers, physical condition and relationships. Although I ran into some people who had bought into the notion that life diminishes with age and just “got old”, more often I uncovered the opposite—inspiring stories of people whose second half was the “time of their lives”.

Tagged with: dying fear half ng of second stay young