I found another one! A creative man, making use of his days doing what he is good at and loves…no matter his age. He’s a member of the gym crowd at the local YMCA, which sources my many inspirations for blog posts.
Today, I am introducing 65-year old Terry Murphy. A retired coach, professor, and bookstore manager from Holyoke Community College, he spends his summers mentoring boys ages 9 – 18 in a division 3 league of his own creation. Continue reading
Now over 75, I’m experiencing my “third chapter living,” a bit more intensely. Maybe intense is not the word. Maybe with a new convergence of a slower pace and a consciousness of “remaining years,” I have simply found more purpose and more focus.
However, I was reminded at the gym today that this “prompt” of remaining years can come at any age. Striking up a conversation with a beautiful and overweight woman, persistently doing her routine on a Nautilus machine, I wondered out loud how long she had been coming and what her motivation might be. Continue reading
I love the early days of January. Not only is it my birthday month, but it is the perfect time to look backward and appreciate, assess, ponder the past, AND to look forward living well in the future.
The poem below, from a friend, was too beautiful and too on target with my own thoughts about choosing to make this 2016 new year fresh, meaningful, and alive for each one of us. Continue reading