September 16, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development, Stewardship, Leadership, Entrepreneurs
The little things When I was younger, I thought it was the big things that mattered. The windfall. Winning. Getting the gig. I am not the first, nor the last, who will write of the tragedy of youth, spent always looking to that exciting horizon for the next big shiny...
July 22, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Current Affairs, Personal Development
We must know when our time is up Oh age. She slows you down. Things break. The bounce is not quite as bouncy. The progress of age is in a million steps. I watch myself slip to the back of the line in the squad I swim with. I chat with my body about its protests over...
March 4, 2024 | Beauty of Beginnings, Endurance Sport, Personal Development
Reconciling aging and fitness You will find me out doing hard physical exercise seven mornings a week, well before dawn. This habit built over 35 years. At least twice a week, I am in the pool, swimming laps with a squad. Currently, I am struggling to make peace with...
December 26, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The relevance of age I consider the relevance of age. I want to feel purposeful until my last breath. I want to feel that what I do with my waking hours matters to others. I want to feel that I make a difference by living. I most certainly want to continue to do my...
December 3, 2023 | Beauty of Beginnings, Personal Development
The secret sauce that often happens with age I have my 90-year-old father staying with me. His mind is sharp. His body is failing him. I notice my swimming and running slowing, against my most strenuous desire for it not to. Sometimes I look in the mirror and do not...