Occasionally, I dabble in verse.Rising to the challenge to write about my hair using a Scottish Burns stanza, I came up with this: A number one cut hides historyMy follicles are mysteryDark colour faded so swiftlyNow blinding whiteAnd standing on end all bristlyO what a sight! Okay, right number of lines, syllable count is fine,Continue reading “Poetry Play”
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G’Day Fear – My Old Friend
I happily belong to a suite of personality styles that have developed lifelong strategies against focusing on fear as their constant background noise. Hence, when Joan Chittister identifies fear as a theme that confronts the adventure of ageing, I am in familiar territory. The experience of a diminishment of mental, physical and financial capacity isContinue reading “G’Day Fear – My Old Friend”
Does Purpose Equal Meaning?
Joan Chichester explores the theme of meaning in the Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. From my early days, I’ve had what I now regard as a healthy suspicion of the utilitarian spirit that pervades Western society – the mindset that says things only have value for what material worth they can add. Childhood thusContinue reading “Does Purpose Equal Meaning?”
Non, je ne regrette rien
Edith Piaf’s famous song is absolute – no regrets for any past choice or event whether good or bad! All can be laid aside as if they never occurred. (Follow the link to her song and its description.) When Joan Chittister writes about coming to terms with Regret as a feature of ageing, she hasContinue reading “Non, je ne regrette rien”
The Gift of Ageing
Recently, one of my peer groups pointed out a book by Sr Joan Chittister, The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully. We agreed to review it and share our thoughts on how it might inform our work in the spiritual companionship of older people. As someone who is rapidly drifting into the “older” category myselfContinue reading “The Gift of Ageing”
Wondering Pilgrim 