Inspiration

Sometimes there’s that niggling feeling. We can’t quite put our finger on it, but we know something doesn’t sit quite right. It’s not like you’re super unhappy or depressed, but something feels off and you can’t quite work out what. It’s frustrating because, on paper, everything can look okay. Different areas of your life are going okay…

I announced my decision to retire just before my 65th birthday. It wasn’t my first retirement. A divorce forced the sale of my business at the crack of Covid. My emergency back-up career in real estate served me well, but reaching Medicare age gave me a nudge…

To give and receive love is a natural, universal desire, and so too is sexual pleasure. Why, then, do most people feel awkward with self-love and uncomfortable embracing their sexuality after 60? How can we look to ourselves for love and sexual pleasure that suits our unique desires, without giving our power away to other people?

Do you remember the girl who was curious and excitable before she learned what was sensible? Do you recall the woman who had dreams before she became responsible for everyone else’s? Do you have a memory of what made you rock with laughter, ignite your creativity, made you feel sensual and loved and had you sharing ideas and opinions well into the early hours?

In our 60s, attending to our needs and improving our relationships is more important than ever before. Time is of the essence, but making the most of our time takes practice. One way to enrich our lives is by applying boundaries to accommodate…

There is a word I have been thinking about lately: margin. Years ago, when I was teaching first graders how to write, I remember pointing out the faint margin lines running down both sides of their copybooks. “See these lines?” I would say. “Your writing begins here on the left, and it stops here on the right. You don’t write all the way to the edge.”

I recently returned from a visit to Southern Africa. The experience was beyond all expectations. Because the game reserve was private, they have strict rules about the number of vehicles that could be near an animal. The animals are never fed. They have become habituated to vehicles. It helps that they have been safe from hunting and poaching for several generations…

At 90, I have discovered something rather amusing about getting older: the calendar insists I am old, but most days I don’t feel particularly interested in cooperating with it. I believe one reason is simple: I nearly always have something to look forward to. It may be a book I am working on…

Does it start with a spark? Does it stop? Does it end? Is it tied with a ribbon and handed away, Or alive in each breath of an ordinary day? It says, “You may be you, in time and in space.” It makes room for each viewpoint, voice, and face…

Growing into my wisdom each year, I have noticed the desire for ease and simplicity. It wasn’t always like this. I spent many years wasting my energy and time worrying about things that I couldn’t control and really didn’t matter…