The surprising potential of our senior years

Does life have to diminish as we grow older? Or can we find new and perhaps surprising ways to keep growing and expanding and giving our gift despite the challenges of aging?

I’ve been thinking of these things since an unusual encounter at my gym the other day.

I’ve been doing resistance training for 10 years. It’s a lifeline for me. The other day I was finishing up my routine on a machine that targets the abdomen when a young fellow came over to me. He had a friendly smile on his face as he looked at me.

“How old are you?” he asked me in a simple, straightforward way. More directly I’m sure than would have happened in the Britain of my youth:-).

I had never met this man but smiled back and told him my age. He positively beamed and said how happy he was to realize we don’t have to go downhill as we age but can stay vigorous and active. [click to continue…]

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Saying “yes” to life — one woman’s inspiring story

This is a guest post from Beth Wilson, a cool friend who writes a cool blog named BHereToday that I’m happy to recommend. Thank you Beth. I can’t recall a time in my life when I haven’t been in search mode. As a child, I often stayed up well past my bedtime reading books by Ayn Rand [...]

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Are there surprising benefits in challenging times?

There are two ways to think about painful events from our past. I can think of past traumas in my life — such as the sudden loss of a spouse, the abrupt collapse of the spiritual community that had been my home, two bouts of depression — as afflictions. Which they were, of course, or [...]

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Your heart knows where happiness lies

I have loved the notion of the “hero’s journey” – though I didn’t really understand anything about it back then – ever since as a young fellow in postwar Britain I began to feel a strange, painful, but irresistible longing in my heart. It was a longing I was at a loss to explain. I [...]

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Keeping up with life’s ebbs and flows

Brits aren’t supposed to get excited. But I admit I was very excited when “The Raven Who Spoke with God,” my inspirational novel about the unconquerable spirit, got published in a Kindle edition a week or two ago. Heck. There were 1,074 free downloads during the initial promotion I put on. But life does have a rhythm, doesn’t [...]

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Is synchronicity working for you?

Been thinking about the magic of synchronicity and how it can transform our lives in just a moment. Do you sometimes feel as if your life is a little bit off track in some way? Are you not quite sure how well you are doing with your job, or your relationships, or if you have [...]

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8 thoughts as life picks up the pace

Herewith a few thoughts I’d like to share with you after reading the newspaper this morning. Hope they may give you some “food for thought.” 1. Life is moving more quickly and getting more intense. 2. As life picks up the pace, it gets more and more difficult to keep anything “hidden”. Everything is being brought to [...]

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Amazing things happen when opportunity knocks

Free download of my book available now   First, I want to let you know that a free download of my book, The Raven Who Spoke with God, is available right now and this special offer will continue on April 6, 7 and 8. The regular price of this book is $7.99, but you can get [...]

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A brave young raven journeys from 9/11 to the digital world

I was so excited when I woke up on the morning of 9/11. I looked forward to sending out the first promotional copies of an animal fable I had written about a brave young raven named Joshua and his heroic journey to restore the true honor of ravens spoken of in ancient prophesies. So off I went to the [...]

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