What happens when the strength we expected to have is gone? The Finnish concept of sisu offers a surprising way to think about perseverance, surrender, and the reserves we discover in later life.
Henry David Thoreau went to Walden asking how much a person really needs. In later life, the question “What is enough?” can reach far beyond possessions.
Some books are read once and set aside. Others seem to wait patiently for us. The words remain exactly as they were, yet something has changed. A passage that once seemed ordinary suddenly feels personal. An idea we barely noticed years ago now speaks directly to
On this day, August 9, 1854, Henry David Thoreau published Walden: Life in the Woods, a book that is still inviting readers into the same conversation 172 years later. Thousands of books have come and gone since then. Some were bestsellers in their day and are
A single fall can change the course of an older person's life. That was the sobering conclusion of a study published this month in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. Researchers followed 2,454 adults age 65 and older for two years and found that
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"The ache for home lives in all of us." — Maya Angelou People use the word home in ways that have nothing to do with an address. Someone returns to the town where they grew up and understands, perhaps for the first time, what Thomas Wolfe meant by
Christopher Nolan's upcoming adaptation of The Odyssey has sparked renewed interest in Homer's ancient masterpiece. But why has this story endured for nearly three thousand years? Perhaps because, beneath the monsters and adventures, it tells the story of every life searching for home.
A new film adaptation of The Odyssey has once again brought Homer’s ancient hero into the public eye. That raises an interesting question. Why do we keep returning to a story nearly three thousand years old? Perhaps it begins with the Cyclops, the Sirens, and the
Before he died, Indianapolis businessman Terry Kahn gave his attorney one unusual instruction: Do not spend money on an obituary. Kahn did not believe anyone would be interested in reading about his life. He was wrong. When Kahn died in 2021, he left behind an estate worth