Category: Aging Like a Guru Who me?

Exercising Divine Will – What For? What is Divine Will & What has it Got to Do with Aging? I don’t know about you, but my will is to have thing go my way according to my perceptions and interpretations of reality. However . . . that’s like allowing a 5-year-old to drive a car in downtown LA! Nobody wins! Many of us are exposed to spiritual and religious principles throughout our lives, and most have similar principles, though their practices are different. Love one another – including yourself, do no harm, and serve God by serving mankind. Gratitude, forgiveness,

All Habits Die Hard My session with Holly yesterday brought up some important stuff in her life and in mine – and inadvertently perhaps, in yours! It’s enough to say that, quite often, we habitually be and do things based on principles that aren’t the ones we really want to live by! :o Let me explain: Last night I had a dream. I was a facilitator of a retreat. The participants were busy doing what is theirs to do. What was I doing while the participants are doing their thing? I was frustrated, impatient, and anxious. When I woke up

What Can a Fishpond Teach Us? I have a small fish pond with Koi and gold fish. The nine of them have been together for about four years. They’ve weathered some severe winters together and keep growing. I don’t really know what I’m doing but something seems to be working, because they all seem to be thriving. The other day, I noticed that Whitey wasn’t being his usual self. He was hanging out with his nose pointed down and his tail pointed up. As I moved around a bit, he moved a bit and looked okay, aside from sitting strangely

Letting Go Requires No Sacrifice Mike and Carol are in their 80’s. They realize that it’s time for them to downsize and find a home that is smaller with no stairs if possible. They’ve begun purging their home of what they know no longer fits in their lives. However, there is so much to consider that it all becomes overwhelming. I know people in their 30’s, 40’s and 50’s that can also be overwhelmed with this process of letting go. Carol and Mike live in a four bedroom home with an office and studio space. Carol says, "We don’t know

You Don’t Have to Be Smart – You Only Have to Be Quiet One of the most challenging practice for most human beings is to be quiet with themselves, and to listen within the stillness for the wisdom of their inner guru. It’s even more challenging to be quiet when you’ve been stirred by someone or something, which leaves you feeling emotional, irritable and anxious. But, truly this is the very time required to slow down, quiet down, and be present to your wise-self. Prayer, Meditation and Listening I’ve heard it said that prayer is when you are talking with

Karma? What’s That Got to Do with Aging? If you want to age like a guru, then the Law of Karma is going to be good to keep in mind. Why, you might ask? It promotes mindfulness of our intentions. It encourages accountability for what we do, what we say, and what we think. It empowers us to look at how we choose to choose what we choose. Yep, you read that right. Case in Point: People not showing up! Alvin is suppose to show up to do some work on the roof of my shed. He isn’t showing up

So, You Think You Are Losing Your Marbles, eh? Sliding into dementia, senility, Alzheimer’s – call it what you will, is one of those fears that rates high on most people’s lists of Aging Worries. It’s part of the fear of losing independence. People even in their 30’s are worrying about dementia and losing their mental faculties. So what exactly is dementia? In a nutshell, it includes memory loss, disorientation, confusion and the decline in thinking and memory skills that may interfere with a person’s normal daily activities and social relationships. An interesting fact – only 1 in 10 people

It isn’t uncommon, regardless of age, to hear people exclaim: “But it’s too hard!” We don’t like life to be hard. We avoid life circumstances when they are hard, unless those circumstance feed our soul and nourish our spirit. Most of our lives are spent attempting to be invulnerable from risk. When life gets hard we feel vulnerable. We feel exposed, incompetent. We think that we should know how to do every aspect of life perfectly. But the truth is, we can’t know something we’ve never experienced before. We can’t know how to do something well without putting ourselves through

No Matter What Age, Life Is Hard – Oh No! It isn’t uncommon, regardless of age, to hear people exclaim, “But it’s too hard!” We don’t like life to be hard. We avoid life circumstances when they are hard, unless those circumstance feed our soul and nourish our spirit, but even then we have to be in the mood for it. Most of our lives are spent attempting to be invulnerable from risk. When life gets hard we risk feeling vulnerable. We feel exposed, incompetent. We think that we should know how to do every aspect of life perfectly. But

Allow Play – Just for Fun The thing is, the longer you stay on the planet the greater degree is the possibility that you will experience stuff that grows you in ways you cannot anticipate. And, most importantly, be glad you stuck around long enough to have that experience. I just finished facilitating the "Loving Yourself Into Creation" retreat with my dear friend Margaret Lindsey. Margaret specializes in Conscious Creativity. Her specialization and mine meld beautifully in creating a space for participants to be present to themselves in ways they cannot anticipate. Opportunities to play, play, play with paint, words,