admin, Author at Embracing the Aging Process https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/author/admin/ Your guide to Conscious Aging Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:11:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 202465621 Approaching Death with Grace https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/approaching-death-with-grace/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/approaching-death-with-grace/#respond Fri, 15 Apr 2022 15:11:13 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=322 The post Approaching Death with Grace appeared first on Embracing the Aging Process.

]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/approaching-death-with-grace/feed/ 0 322 Poem about Aging https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:37:54 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=311   I am not old…she said I am rare. I am the standing ovation At the end of the play. I am the retrospective Of my life as art I am the hours Connected like dots Into good sense I am the fullness Of existing. You think I am waiting to die… But I am Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/poem-about-aging/feed/ 0 311 OLD AGE REQUIRES THE GREATEST COURAGE https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/old-age-requires-the-greatest-courage/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/old-age-requires-the-greatest-courage/#respond Thu, 07 Apr 2022 19:20:29 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=309 The greatest courage is not needed for war, but for ordinary people growing old. Like soldiers, the aged are never very far from death: many are called, all are chosen. A soldier faces danger then retreats, but for the old, going back is not possible; they may hunger for youth but pray for the luck Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/old-age-requires-the-greatest-courage/feed/ 0 309 Setting Intentions for Your Future https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/setting-intentions-for-your-future/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/setting-intentions-for-your-future/#respond Wed, 06 Apr 2022 20:54:48 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=300 If you know what you want to get, you must have an intention to do so. The problem is, that many of us know what we want, but we don’t spend enough time setting intentions. It might sound like a contradiction so say you have an intention if you know what you want, but at Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/setting-intentions-for-your-future/feed/ 0 300 The Afterlife of Billy Fingers https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 23:48:25 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=295 The post The Afterlife of Billy Fingers appeared first on Embracing the Aging Process.

]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/the-afterlife-of-billy-fingers/feed/ 0 295 Dan’s Eulogy https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/dans-eulogy/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/dans-eulogy/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 21:15:36 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=291 EULOGY FOR DAN BREDEMANN delivered at Sarasota Funeral, November 16, 2005 I fell in love with Dan Bredemann from the moment I met him at an audition for “Breaking the Code” (a play made famous by Derek Jacobi). As we loitered waiting to read, I walked right up to him and said, “You must be Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/dans-eulogy/feed/ 0 291 Obituary Examples: Writing the Perfect Tribute https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/obituary-examples-writing-the-perfect-tribute/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/obituary-examples-writing-the-perfect-tribute/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:52:36 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=287 By Farewelling Editors How do you sum up a lifetime of memories and accomplishments in a few short paragraphs? If you spend any time on Twitter, then you’re likely comfortable writing messages in short snippets. But it can be different–and more challenging–experience to capture the highlights of a loved one’s life in a short, written Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/obituary-examples-writing-the-perfect-tribute/feed/ 0 287 9 Of The Most Incredible Obituaries Ever Written https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/9-of-the-most-incredible-obituaries-ever-written/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/9-of-the-most-incredible-obituaries-ever-written/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:46:50 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=285 JUNE 25TH, 2014 By Rochelle Rietow Obituaries are one of the most unique forms of literature ever written. They’re one of the few writings that truly capture someone’s life… if written correctly. Over the years, we’ve seen many people deciding that the traditional obituary is not for them. Instead, many people today want an obituary that’s Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/9-of-the-most-incredible-obituaries-ever-written/feed/ 0 285 Epitaphs https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/epitaphs/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/epitaphs/#respond Wed, 30 Mar 2022 20:40:09 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=281 Celebrity Epitaphs Jim Morrison Epitaph: “Truth to your own spirit” “Truth to your own spirit” is the English translation of the epitaph engraved in Greek on rock star Jim Morrison’s tomb in Paris. James Douglas Morrison 1943–1971 Ernest Shackleton Epitaph: “I hold that a man should strive to the uttermost for his life’s set prize.” Inscribed on the Read More

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]]> https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/epitaphs/feed/ 0 281 Facing Death https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/275-2/ https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/275-2/#comments Sat, 26 Mar 2022 21:26:44 +0000 https://consciousaging.tonilamotta.com/?p=275 “I want us to recognize our tremendously strong impulse to draw a conclusion, to think we know. But it’s in the NOT knowing—the inquiry, the curiosity, the humility, the beginner’s mind—that we create a real opening.”Terry Patten An extraordinary, heartfelt conversation with spiritual practitioner, teacher, activist, Integralist, and author Terry Patten, who was at the time facing Read More

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