A Blessing for Your Holidays
May the light of your soul mind you. May all your worry and anxiousness about your age Be transfigured. May you be given wisdom for the eyes of your soul To see this as a time of gracious harvesting. May you have the passion to heal what has hurt you, And allow it to come […]
Surviving the Holidays in Your Twilight: Joy
f you are facing loneliness, family conflict, or illness during your holiday twilight years, where can you find joy? Here are some simple suggestions to brighten the Thanksgiving—Christmas—New Years stretch of time. Children Photo by __ drz __ on Unsplash The joy of little children during the holidays is contagious. Spend some time with little […]
Faith in Your Twilight
In my years in ministry, I have observed that people’s faith in whoever or whatever they call “God,” may be hardened, deepened, or abandoned in their twilight years. Hardened Faith Photo by Jametlene Reskp on Unsplash When people are convinced that they have a lock on the truth about God their faith often hardens into a rigid set […]
Some Questions for Your Twilight Years. part 1
Our twilight years are a time for reflection. Reflection on the meaning of our lives. Reflection on what it means to age and pass away. Reflection on what life has taught us. Good questions help our reflection. Over the next several posts I am simply going to offer some good questions for reflecting on your […]
Dance With Your Caregiving
Are you a caregiver to a spouse or family member? You are not alone! More and more people in the United States are caring for family members. According to data from the AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving “Caregiving in the U.S. 2020” report, as well as other recent studies: • Approximately 53 million adults […]
Getting Old Isn’t for Sissies
Unsplash + in collaboration with Getty Images As she was passing through her eighties and nineties to the ripe old age of ninety-nine, my mother-in-law used to say, “Growing old isn’t for sissies.” As we age, our bodies undergo numerous changes that can significantly impact our day-to-day functioning. If you are in your 60’s, 70’s, […]
Welcome to Dance in Your Twilight
Hello, my name is Jim Cyr and I would like to help you to DANCE IN YOUR TWILIGHT. I want this to be a dancefloor of welcome and wisdom for senior citizens. The twilight years from our retirement to our passing, or the years as we continue to work into our seventies or eighties, are […]
A New Title. A Sharper Focus
This is a heads up! Beginning on August 11, I will be offering a new Substack. The title of this new Sustack will be “Dance in the Twilight.” My writing will be focused on living your best life in your twilight years. I have begun writing on this theme in this Substack (Jim’s Substack) and […]
Welcoming the Three Messengers of Aging
In our last post we acknowledged that the three messengers of aging: old age, sickness, and death visit each of us with an invitation to gain wisdom from their arrival. But gaining wisdom from messengers our culture teaches us to fear is difficult unless we acknowledge that fear and seek to loosen its grip on […]
The Three Messengers of Aging
As we enter our “later years,” there are three messengers that come knocking at our door. Looking through our door’s peephole we see old age, illness, and death standing on our porch. When these messengers arrive, and they will arrive at every home, we have a choice to make. Do we open the door, welcome […]