Questions amp Concerns Practical Matters Proactive or reactive Be prepared for likely changes Aging at home or in a new home Identifying support systems Living without regrets Letting go of mental ID: 542960
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AgingSlide2
Questions & ConcernsSlide3
Practical Matters
Proactive or reactive?
Be prepared for likely changes
Aging
at home or in a “new” home
Identifying
support
systems
Living without regrets
Letting go of mental
and physical
baggage
Resolving
grudges and
regrets
Talking to your loved
onesSlide4
The Big Questions
When does aging begin?
Identity: Who am I?
Clinging to youth – a cultural phenomenon
Who
am I in retirement?
Adapting to changing capacities and roles
Losing friends – grieving multiple losses
Gifts of aging
Deepening wisdom, self-compassion, forgiveness and interdependence
Developing a sense of urgency in spiritual cultivation
Recognizing impermanence, suffering and non-selfSlide5
Serenity Prayer
May I have the Serenity
to accept the things I cannot change,
The Courage to change
the things I can,
And the
W
isdom to know the difference.Slide6
Practices in Preparation for the Messengers
Forgiveness for ourselves and others
Loving kindness and compassion for ourselves and others
Letting go of attachment to possessions, people and who we think we are
Serenity meditation – developing joy, happiness and tranquility
Insight meditation – seeing the way things actually are
Keeping a journal of kind and generous actions
Developing faithSlide7
MeditationSlide8
Ground Rules
Confidentiality
Mindfulness of time
The “no enlightenment rule”
Showing upSlide9
Small Group Discussion
What
do I fear most about aging?
What
are my priorities as I age?
What I learned from observing eldersSlide10
DiscussionSlide11
Parting Instructions
When did you realize that illness and injury can happen to you?
Choose one common disease each day: cancer, stroke, pneumonia, heart attack, dementia/Alzheimer’s and reflect and write on how you would live with this if it happened to you.
Meditation: Letting go of capabilities, roles, independence
Chant the five reflections daily
Read “Doctor’s Guide to Aging” &“Simile of the Mountain” (suggested)
Bring
images of
encouragement in illness