Tuesday, January 28th

1:00p-2:30p ET | 12:00p-1:30p CT | 11:00a-12:30p MT | 10:00a – 11:30a PT

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The poet W.B. Yeats once said, “In dreams begin responsibilities.” A challenging idea. But how can we be responsible if our dreams give us messages we can’t understand? The good news is that, as we get older our dreams can help us cut through the information overload that makes us all try to run faster just to keep up. Get some sleep. Look inward. Learn to hear the messengers to ourselves.

In the second half of life, dreams have a hidden power if we can learn to listen to them. Our dreams can reach out in time—both past and future; they’ll tell us where we are. Dreams show us what we already know but do not yet see. There are predictable landmarks on this road of life: midlife, retirement, health challenges, connecting across generations, becoming an elder, end-of-life grief, and life review when we look back at our lives. Each of these landmarks are instructive and has hidden power to guide us as we move through life. The power to prepare, to adapt, to cope, to transcend– all hidden within us, like a GPS operating 24/7 to show us what we need to see.

Facilitator

Harry (Rick) Moody, Ph.D., is an elder who has worked in academic gerontology for more than 50 years. His book, “Aging: Concepts and Controversies” has been published in ten editions (Sage), and he is now completing a new book, “The Hidden Power of Dreams for the Second Half of Life” (in press, Inner Traditions Publishers). His book, “The Five Stages of the Soul,” has been translated into seven languages worldwide. His newsletter, “Human Values in Aging” reaches more than 5,000 subscribers each month.

Rick is one of Sage-ing International’s Honored Elders and has long been an advisor and a supporter for the organization.