Transcript Session 7 - Sage-ing® International

Conscious Aging:
Because Your Life Matters
Session 7
Plans for Our Elder Years
(Continued)
Three Components of Successful Aging
(From Successful Aging by Rowe and Kahn)
• Avoiding Disease
• Active Engagement with Life
• Maintaining High Thinking and Physical
Function
The Myths of Aging
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To be old is to be sick
You can’t teach an old dog new tricks
The horse is out of the barn
The secret to successful aging is to
choose your parents wisely
• The lights may be on, but the voltage is
low
• The elderly don’t pull their own weight
George Burns’ Ten Don’ts for a Long Life
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Don’t Smoke
Don’t Drink
Don’t Gamble
Don’t Eat Salt
Don’t Eat Sugar
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Don’t Eat Fats
Don’t Overexercise
Don’t Overeat
Don’t Undereat
Don’t Play Around
George Burns’ Ten Don’ts for a Long Life
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Don’t Smoke
Don’t Drink
Don’t Gamble
Don’t Eat Salt
Don’t Eat Sugar
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Don’t Eat Fats
Don’t Overexercise
Don’t Overeat
Don’t Undereat
Don’t Play Around
(You may not live longer, but it will seem longer)
Only one thing made
him happy and,
when that was
gone, everything
made him happy.
-Leonard
Cohen
Acting as Elders of the Tribe
Pointers from some well-known Elders:
Barry Barkin
“An elder’s work is to synthesize wisdom….”
Joan Halifax
“Elders function like old cobblers…”
Dr. Martin
Luther King
“An individual has not started living…”
Reb Zalman
“When Elders model voluntary simplicity…”
Thich Nhat Hahn
“We need the vision of inter-being…”
Gaia Consciousness
Mohandas Gandhi
“We must be the change we wish to see.”
Margaret
Mead
A small group of thoughtful people
could change the world...
The Elders of the Oraibi Hopi
Nation
“.....We are the ones we have been waiting
for”
Acting as an Elder of the Tribe
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Guided meditation
Written exercise
Acting as an Elder of the Tribe
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How can you best serve the planet?
How can you best serve the nation?
How can you best serve your community?
How can you best be of service to your
family?
How can you best serve those who are in
the process of becoming an elder?
How can you best serve your soul or your
spiritual nature?
Rachel Naomi
Remen
“Days pass and the years vanish….”