Tag: Baby Boomers

Live, Before You Die

Live, Before You Die

When we’re lucky enough to reach middle age, the temptation to assume we are granted passage through to old age is real. Thing is, there’s more than one way to die.

The physical part of not breathing and all that, but what about the dying spiritually, mentally, financially. The antidote? Live, before you die.

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Every Situation, Properly Perceived, Is An Opportunity

From a dead tree most towns would have removed, we find art

A rare and devastating infestation decimated a certain tree type in a Canadian town I was visiting. The town leaders decided rather than remove the stumps, create art. These trees are all over town and tell a story.

At midlife, we have the opportunity to do the same. Part of life’s passage to old age is getting through the middle. The middle shows a harsh reality we can’t understand until we get there.

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The Resolve To Change Requires Some Big Reason, Doesn’t It?

Walt Disney World's Contemporary Resort

New Year’s Resolutions can happen at anytime. The no texting or emailing while driving has been in effect all year. The resolve to stop taking photos while driving (above) didn’t become official until March.

Resolve to change requires some big reason to. The youthful, impressionable eyes in the back seat where a blinding flash of the obvious. Curious, any secret “motivational” weapons out there?

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Is It Too Late Or Too Early To Think About New Year’s Resolutions?

Nova Scotia 2011

Those of us who’ve been on the planet for a fair time have a few thoughts about New Year’s Resolutions. Don’t we? We also have a few options. There were youthful times when they meant everything to us. And times where we didn’t even bother. Been there.

Have re-embraced them for a decade or so. Alternating between impossible and decently doable. This years’s resolve to stop texting and emailing while driving continues to be a change that may save a life, or two.

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