Member-only story
Animal Wisdom
…I’ve learned that whatever time we spend on Earth should be spent helping others and creating justice and equality for all people, not out of pity or shame, but out of love for all people with the knowledge that we belong, not to many races but to one race — the human race.’
- Muhammad Ali
*
I have to write my story to myself, and I have to believe it. I have to know that some truth passed from my fingers to the pale judgment, and may now pass on to readers and actors and audiences. If I can reach any of these people — a handful — I have succeeded.
— Tennessee Williams
*
Inspired by positive images of aging, we heal the shame that accompanies our bodies, natural processes, and aging. We refuse to spend our precious life energy hiding our bodies, disguising the signs of aging, and keeping the realities of our lives a secret. Rather, we celebrate the accumulation of our years and wisdom, and the changes in our bodies and lives. We choose relationships with women and men who have the depth and the courage to embrace all of who we are now and will become in the next decades of our lives.
Recognizing that our capacity to embrace death is determined by the depth to which we have welcomed life, we invite The Old Woman to be present at our community gatherings. Imagine sitting in a…
