“All sickness is homesickness.” Chinese Proverb Imagine for a few moments that you have been a seaman all your life who used wooden oars to row and steer you through your early and mid-life years. You have also been a warrior and fought your share of battles—won some, lost some. You’re strong from rowing your […]
The Odyssey of Aging: From Hero to Elder
A good friend of many years asked me the other day, “John what are you working on these days?” “I’m working on aging these days; good work if you can get it and keep it; pay is not that great but better than the alternative.” I must admit I’m still sort of tempted to try […]
The Odyssey of Aging: From Hero to Elder
“…The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life’s morning… Whoever carries over into the afternoon the law of the morning… must pay for it with damage to his soul.” —Carl Jung What does my soul ask of me now that I […]
The Point
“…Except for the point, the still point, there would be no dance, and there is only the dance.” T.S. Eliot, At the Still Point of the turning world To tell you the truth I’ve come through a few dark nights but in the middle of them I have asked the question: “What’s the point?” Perhaps […]
Third Act
Scene 1 I’m an aging man sitting with his three dogs in a rented house way out of my price range. Divorced now for five and one-half years, I share custody with my ex of the Malamute, Benji dog and Baby Bella, the dachshund mix. Now you folks reading this who are under 50, keep […]