Friday, March 20, 2009
In his book ELDER, Terry Jones writes "The second half of a person's life can be an adventure in elderhood: a life of stewardship instead of expolitation; of fostering consensus instead of competition; of spiritual expression instead of a lust for recognition and influence; of mentoring rather than directing. Elderhood is wisdom in an active state utilized on behalf of others.........An elder is a sage, not only wise but also experienced and, therefore, an elder is advanced in years. It takes a long time to gain the experience needed to develop elder wisdom which is deeper, tested and built on decades of learning from their mistakes."
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Wynn, thanks for calling attention to my book, Elder. I have found that being more elder like in the ancient sense of the word, is a generative way to live into the second half of life. I look forward to further discussions with you about how we might bring the idea of an "elder spiritual journey" to members of the church. Doing so has changed my life, i can assure you.
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Elderhood Institute, Inc.
Terry,
ReplyDeleteEscrevo do Brasil, e fiquei interessado em conhecer de seu livro.
Tenho aplicado a metodologia de coach direcionados a pessoas com mais de 60's e gostei dos resultados. Todavia há necessidade em se ampliar ações que contribuam para um aproveitamento de conhecimentos acomulados.
No Brasil ainda existe uma cultura de que "velho" não é útil.
Atenciosamente,
Gerson Sena
Guaratinguetá - São Paulo - Brasil
http://gersonsena-upcoaching.blogspot.com
up.coaching@gmail.com
I have found that being more elder like in the ancient sense of the word, is a generative way to live into the second half of life. Thank you for bringing such nice posts. Your blog is always fascinating to read.
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