Aging, especially for us Third Agers (forty-five to seventy-five) does not need to be something to fear or resist. We can replace the “d” words of depression, decline, decrepitude and dependency typically associated with aging with the “r” words of regeneration, renewal, rebirth and revitalization. With the thirty extra bonus years that Third Agers have over the same age group living at the beginning of the twentieth century, we have the opportunity to create, invent a fulfilling, happy and peaceful life. That will not happen by magic, although sometimes it does! It requires that we take on new ways of being and practices that will assist us in integrating those values that we aspire to.
Posts Tagged ‘Opportunity’
Opportunity, Possibility, and Living Your Best Life
Saturday, April 25th, 2009Do you miss opportunities? When we are busy and trying to get a lot done, it’s easy to fall into a mindset that limits our outcome and our opportunities before we even begin. Far too many times we set our expectations by thinking about what we’d be “okay with” instead of by thinking about what we really truly want. We got locked into a mindset we call “practicality” and eliminate possibilities because we assume that we don’t have the keys to doors that we aren’t even sure are locked. In this “practical” mindset we eliminate possibilities without even considering them because they don’t seem like the most likely outcome or because we don’t have a clear idea of how we would make them happen.
Wasted Opportunity
Sunday, April 19th, 2009While you’re consumed with looking back with regret on that big decision you made to turn left when you could’ve gone right, life is offering you something incalculably precious and up until now you’ve been missing it. You have been wasting the flashes of opportunities life is giving you. It’s time to stop letting these offerings pass. When will you be ready to pay attention to the little but immeasurably powerful moments of clarity that life is forever presenting you with?
Midlife Transition – Five Ways to Change a Midlife Crisis to Midlife Transformation
Thursday, April 16th, 2009There are several things you can do to be sure that what could be a mid-life crisis is actually an opportunity for transformation. Here are five of them.
