“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

We are very good at noticing differences.   Age. Religion. Politics. Education. Where someone lives. How they speak. What they believe. We form impressions of one

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders had questions for one of the world's most advanced artificial intelligence systems, so he sat down opposite a smartphone and

A reader recently wrote to Spiritual Seniors about loneliness. She is 71 years old and has been married for 53 years. She raised a

We readily offer help to those we love, yet often resist it ourselves. How can we accept assistance without feeling that we have surrendered

On February 22, 1970, Bamboo Harvester, known professionally as Mister Ed, died after a distinguished career in television and interspecies communication. He was 21.   For

Every night, we do something rather extraordinary.   We lie down, close our eyes and surrender consciousness.   For the next several hours, we stop keeping watch. We

There are mornings when eight hours of sleep doesn't seem to have done the job. The body has been in bed all night, but

Mary Oliver liked to walk the same path every day.   She lived for decades in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where woods, dunes, marshes and beaches gave her

Before going to sleep, take another look at the day you just lived. Across spiritual traditions, practices of self-examination ask us to notice our