“Who do you think you are?” Most of us have heard those words at least once, usually from someone who thought we had forgotten our place. The question was meant to embarrass us, and it often succeeded. But suppose we asked it with genuine curiosity. After sixty,
The Emotional and Spiritual Realities Former first lady Rosalynn Carter once said there are only four kinds of people in the world: those who have been caregivers, those who are caregivers, those who will be caregivers, and those who will need caregivers. By the end of her
We spend much of life evaluating what is outside us. Was that decision wise? Is this relationship healthy? Am I using my time well? What needs to change? The harder questions turn inward. Am I becoming the person I hoped to become? What has grown stronger in me
“Yo! Adrian!” It is one of the most memorable lines in modern cinema. It sounds like a victory cry, which makes it easy to forget that it is shouted at a moment of defeat. Rocky Balboa has just gone fifteen rounds with Apollo Creed, his face battered
There are plenty of things we are told not to trust as we grow older. Our balance. Our night vision. Our hearing. Our memory for the name of the actor in the movie we watched last week. Confucius thought there was something we might learn
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you are?” — Satchel Paige There are people who lie about their age. There are also people who tell the truth and still spend a surprising amount of energy trying not to look it, sound it,