Category: Aging Well
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Coming to Your “Self”
Photo credit by satosphere; creative commons license. Article originally published in Third Degree Tilt. I came across this quote today. I’d forgotten it. Dante would have been about 35 at the time, so I guess maybe that was what he considered the middle of his life, but I think the quote applies to far more…
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“I’m Getting Old”…and Other Self-Talk that’s Really Bad for You
Photo credit by Maureen “Mo” Reilly; creative commons license What was it you just said? “I’m getting old”? Or maybe, “I must be getting old and decrepit”? Rest assured, with that kind of self-talk, you’ll be feeling older than you are, faster than you can imagine. How can I wake you up from giving yourself…
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The Best Thing I Learned from a Cancer Patient
Photo Credit by the PhotoPhreak; creative commons license As I write this, it is a Sunday afternoon and I have a few friends coming over for dinner and an in-depth spiritual discussion. Did I say a few? I meant fifteen. Or maybe ten because several just called and said they might not make it because…
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Multi-Focus Contact Lenses: Trading in Reading Glasses for a New Vision of Me
I still keep several pair of reading glasses on hand, but now they’re for friends who attend my monthly spiritual gatherings in my home. Photo by Lorna Tedder. I still keep several pair of reading glasses on hand, but now they’re for friends who attend my monthly spiritual gatherings in my home. Photo by…
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Are Older Women More Grateful?
Isn’t this a fabulous photo of a cougar? Photo copyright by digitalART2; Creative Commons License. He’s 23 and has the physique of a demi-god, but that’s not what attracted me to him. It’s more the fact that he’s a firefighter with a wicked sense of humor. I love it when a man can keep me…