A weekly curated collection of essays, poetry, and reflections for your spiritual journey. From The Wisdom Years.
Practice listening to your intuition, your inner voice; ask questions; be curious; see what you see; hear what you hear; and then act upon what you know to be true. These intuitive powers were given to your soul at birth.
-Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run With The Wolves
Joyas Voladoras
Did you know that a hummingbird’s heart is the size of a pencil eraser? The blue whale, on the other hand, has a heart bigger than your car. In this delightful essay from The American Scholar, Brian Doyle reflects on hearts of all manner, including our own.
Found in Daily Good.
How Can It All Have a Happy Ending?
Why did a loving God create a world that allows sin, evil, and suffering to exist? The conventional wisdom is that God gave us free will to engage in these things. But that answer was not sufficient for Julian of Norwich says Ron Rolheiser.
From Kolbe Times.
On the Edge of Life and Death
In St. Joseph’s House hospice community in Washington D.C., both the residents and the volunteers who walk with them to the edge of death learn what it means to be in loving relationships.
From KarmaTube.
Is Age Really Just a Number?
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, launches a new season of his podcasts that focuses on aging. In the first episode, Gupta examines aging from the perspective of his own parents and a medical professional about how re-framing the way we think, and talk, about aging can influence our health and attitudes.
Claiming My Now
A Wisdom Years Workshop
for older adults
July 15, 2023, 9 am to 1 pm
Each season of life brings new revelations, new challenges, new blessings. During the “wisdom years” – the last third of life – while the body diminishes, the spiritual longing for a deeper relationship with God increases. Our “Claiming My Now” workshop is an opportunity to consider how we can navigate the joys and the challenges of the later years of life.
Gathered Wisdom is an offering of The Wisdom Years, a ministry devoted to the spiritual journey of the last third of our lives.
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