Inspiration

Sometimes I find that after I write a column for Sixty and Me, I can’t stop thinking about it. Last month I wrote an article entitled “Can You Be Positive if You’re Not Feeling It?” One of the things I wrote was: “If we are going to be full human beings, we cannot avoid sadness. […]

I rarely set goals anymore. Not that there’s anything wrong with them. If you want to learn Italian or climb Mt. Everest, you can certainly set goals to do those things. It’s just that the concept of a “goal” feels limiting. What if, by focusing on…

Imagine a time when everything familiar in the world around you felt like it was crumbling. The year is 500 BCE, the place – ancient China. The old order is collapsing: kingdoms are at war; traditions are being questioned; families are being torn apart by political chaos…

A vacation centered around peace, quiet, and relaxation is often the very best kind of getaway. It can give you a break from everyday stresses, time for introspection and disconnecting from constant stimulation, and make space for rest and rejuvenation…

I love lists. They help me get things done, get thoughts out of my head and onto paper, and shape the kind of future I want to create. When something lives only in my mind – it’s just an idea, but when I write it down, it becomes real. It takes form. And more often than not, it actually happens…

Have you ever made a vision board that looked beautiful but didn’t really do anything? You’re not alone. Many people create vision boards filled with magazine clippings and trendy quotes, only to tuck them away in a closet or forget about them after a few weeks…

I just returned from a three-week trip to northern Spain and Portugal. Every day, every minute, I was living outside my comfort zone. Granted, I was having a fabulous time, given that I was encountering new people, places and things…

I still remember walking my daughter down the aisle – heart pounding, tears threatening, and… “Why did I wear this?” Two days later, scrolling through wedding photos, I did that thing we all do: zoomed in on myself. Not the radiant bride, not the smiling family – me…

Many of us, journeying through our 60s and beyond, have accumulated a lifetime of knowledge and certainties. Taoism offers something refreshingly different: an invitation to embrace mystery and find wisdom in what we don’t know. Taoism, also spelled Daoism, is a philosophy…

Have you thought about what you want to do with the rest of your life? Do you ask yourself, “What’s next?” or, “What’s left?” It can be a challenge to think about what you want to do. However, answering the question of “what’s next”…