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Jun.09.2010
These are thoughts on growing older from a new prose poem manuscript, Freshest Skin and Finest Organs
Getting older/I know what is important now. Acceptance: expectation of hardship and joy. Love, good health, connection.
As Change Comes
Pain and I turn toward home like a mother with a young child...
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Jun.09.2010
For far too many people, aging is about graying, grunting, grumbling, grimacing, groaning, growling, griping, grieving, groveling, and groping. It is all about the loss of physical vitality and approaching death.
In his 1973 Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Denial of Death, Dr....
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Jun.09.2010
I trust the hours and the blank page in a way that I never did as a young person. I know that if I approach the page in quiet mind, something will happen. Day by day, line by line, the manuscripts build themselves. I lean back and transcribe. And I revise. I read my work as if someone else...
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Jun.09.2010
Loved the episode of NCIS last night. The one where the power is knocked out and the team has to go all "old tech" (Polaroid cameras, visually comparing fingerprint cards, etc) to solve the crime.
At the end, they all acknowledge that they can indeed get the crime solved this way. It just...
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Jun.09.2010
My favorite par of growing old... what did you say? You know I don't hear so good anymore, sonny!
What do you mean I should have known? You never told me! You mean today is Thursday? Already?
How do you expect me to get up there? You know I can't climb ladders anymore! You'll have to hire...
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Jun.09.2010
Choices early in life are important. You can chose to be a liar or a truthful person; decide to keep your word once it's given, or not. Do you honor vows of fidelity? Practice moderation? Do you spend money/time/energy on things you considered vital, or follow priorities set by others?
I did not...
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Jun.09.2010
Just like everything having a downside to it, everything has an upside to it. Do we call them “up” and “down” sides by accident or is it because it’s so easy to fall “down” and harder to climb “up”? Think about it. At least for a lot of us it’s much easier to realize the downside of a good...
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Jun.09.2010
Eleven years ago, I was months away from gagging down a jagged pill, on which was imprinted a very frightening number: 50. I was distraught. Only recently I had suffered a soul-jarring shock when, for the first time, I was informed that I was, at 49, actually older than the parents of one of my...
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Jun.09.2010
Why do we want to be old when we are young and young when we are old? The age-old question goes.
The best part about aging is I get better at what I love to do, I care less about what other people think, and laugh when I remember being told in my 20s not to trust anyone over 30. Now I want to tell...
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Jun.09.2010
The unveiling of the beautiful mysterious wisdom is by far my favorite pearl of getting older. I now inquire wisdom to direct me, while leading me into my purpose to why I exist "now," not why I existed "then." This profound unearthing has awakened me to embrace the maturity...
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