Welcome to the Sage-ing International Blog
The blogs on this page are primarily written by Sage-ing International members.
Should you wish to contribute to our blog, it must not have been published elsewhere, in part or whole.
The length should be between 500 and 1000 words. The subject must be of interest to our members and readers (a Sage-ing/Conscious Ageing topic, e.g. life review, qualities of a wise elder, spirituality/spiritual growth, facing our mortality, legacy, community, service, forgiveness work, images of ageing, etc.).
Please submit your proposed entry to Martha Christie admin@sage-ing.org
Story…Our Aging Superpower
Story...Our Aging Superpower Human beings are the only species that loves or hates, welcomes or rejects, determines good or evil, even goes to war or makes peace based on the power of story alone. When story comes into the room, an alchemical reaction occurs [...]
What My Damaged Eye Teaches Me About Practicing Peacefulness
What My Damaged Eye Teaches Me About Peacefulness Practicing peacefulness is the theme I’ve been invited to write about. Ironically, at this moment, when I sit down to write about peacefulness, I am feeling the opposite of peaceful. My mind has already visited a [...]
Making Empathy A Way of Life
Making Empathy A Way of Life We’re in the throes of dealing with such differing views of where we are as a country and where we are going. We have just witnessed our Presidential election and are in the aftermath of that election now. [...]
The Importance of Community Engagement as We Age
The Importance of Community Engagement as We Age The Surgeon General of the United States, Vivek Murthy, recently declared that we are in a “loneliness epidemic,” not just in the U.S. but internationally. (”Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation, The U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory [...]
The Joy and the Challenges of (my) Aging
The Joy and the Challenges of (my) Aging Can you experience the joy and wisdom associated with conscious aging and still experience fear, sadness and even loneliness? Can these all exist at the same time? I say yes. Can we have these challenges associated [...]
Wisdom Circles: A Community of Elders
Wisdom Circles: A Community of Elders How many of us have stopped to think in our elder years about what community means to us now? Are we looking for something different than at a younger age? If yes, do we know what that is? [...]
My Sage-ing Journey
My Sage-ing Journey My Sage-ing Journey began one day in 1994 with a call from a good friend and fellow law librarian enthusiastically relating to me about a weekend in Denver at which a rabbi, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, spoke about his reaching 60. He [...]
Are We Ageist?
Are We Ageist? How many of us see ourselves as ageist? I suspect not many, especially those of us who are proponents of aging well. As it is seen as negative, it is difficult to look at our own ageist beliefs towards others and [...]
My Personal Journey with Reb Zalman
My Personal Journey with Reb Zalman I was 39 years of age and attending a retreat, when I asked Reb Zalman for advice, “Should I move to Philadelphia from my home in Eureka, California?” I was ambivalent since a move would mean giving up [...]
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