In one of the articles on the pages that followed, this snippet became our focus...
"Because the elderly are both a hardy and a precarious population — one that is depleted every day even as it welcomes new members to its ranks — it has become easy for some people to treat them as both more and less than human; they’re either a population of noble Yodas we can mine for every nugget of gnomic sagacity before we discard them, or they’re obstructions interposed between the idealistic and/or selfish and the things they respectively crave. “They” are us, only with more miles, more wrinkles, more history, more joint pain, sometimes more money, often more knowledge, almost always more perspective. If we’re very fortunate, one day we will become them..."
In this Circle, we'll share thoughts on feelings about respecting, wondering about, fearing, admiring -- or any other -ing that comes up -- the elderly in our lives. Grandparents, parents, neighbors, friends, mentors...ourselves. Let's talk about the emotional beauty and fragility of aging, our relationship to the elderly, and what could lie on the path ahead to becoming them.
75 mins
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