Inspiration
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WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU
Photo: Courtesy of RandiNajacPhotography A friend of mine captured this roadrunner swallowing a rattlesnake. Her photo is both magnificent and shocking. It is hard for me to imagine those fangs going down his soft, feathery gullet without puncturing and poisoning him along the way. And yet, it did, leaving nary a scratch. It reminds me… Read more
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OUT OF THE CLOSET
When I was little, my mother used to keep my father’s ashes in a shoebox in the linen closet. Whenever she was angry with me, she would point to the closet and say, “If your father were alive,” and then she would threaten something. One day, I went into that closet, opened the box and… Read more
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MY-O-PIC
Presently, 30% of the world is myopic. By 2050, almost 50% of us will be. That’s a staggering 5 billion people, half the world’s population! Myopia is a vision condition in which near objects appear clear, but objects further away look blurry. While one could apply this ‘short-sighted’ label to our thinking, it is an actual problem with our… Read more
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BROKEN HEART?
What does this look like to you? Me, in the tie-dyed shirt, having fun with longtime friends? If that’s your guess, you would be very wrong. I had just met the folks pictured here less than 15 minutes before this was taken. I wandered up to their pickleball court and before I could even ask to join them, they… Read more
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BE MY VALENTINE?
Today has been my favorite holiday since I was 5. That year, I was skipped into 1st grade the week before Valentine’s Day. My new teacher had stapled big red hearts across the bulletin board, each one bearing our names. I didn’t know any of my classmates yet and they didn’t know me. However, I… Read more
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MAY THE FORCE SPIN YOU
I listened to a podcast today about the physics of throwing a football. Considering I’ve never watched a whole game on TV and only attended a live game once, this is weird. However, I was spellbound. I learned that a perfectly thrown football has a tight spiral which forces it through the air faster. Eventually, it slows down… Read more
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HIGH-FIVE!
I’m gonna let you in on a little secret of mine. Every morning when I see myself in the bathroom mirror, I smile and say, “Good morning, World! You’re lucky to have me one, more day.” I even encourage my clients to do it. When I started this habit several years ago, I was being… Read more
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HIGHER THAN A KITE
Lately, I’ve had a plethora of couples come for counseling. When it comes to frustration with a partner, age, apparently has no limitation. I have couples who’ve been married from two to 40-plus years. Interestingly, all of them have these three things in common: 1. They think they know each other really well, but definitely do… Read more
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“EVERYTHING CHANGES. EVEN STONE” –Monet
Each year, as I inch closer to death, the more I crave life. It’s as if I know there are only a certain number of steps left on my feet so I MUST keep moving them. I dance down the aisles of the supermarket, sing at full volume, breathe in every flower in my path, and revel… Read more
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WANT SUCCESS IN OLD AGE? START YOUNG
You’d think given all the time we have to prepare for old age we’d be ready for it when it comes. Nope. Sometimes on a perfectly lovely day as the sun splashes its’ golden beams upon me, I suddenly picture myself really old. My voice is weak and my hands unsteady. I am so wrinkled… Read more
AGEFULLY AGING 