"Pushing Through Solid Rock":
The burdens and benefits of
the dying process
Those who have found their suffering transformed into great
meaningfulness, understandably feel gratitude for having
received an unexpected gift and blessing. There is yet one
further possibility that I have seen happen for some. And that
is that the suffering is not only transformed but is
transcended...
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Wesley Burwell, D.Min.,
spent twenty years serving four Congregational/United Church of
Christ parishes in New Hampshire. For another twenty-seven years
he was in private practice in New Hampshire as a Licensed Pastoral
Psychotherapist. Now, in retirement, he divides his time between
serving as
Spiritual Care Coordinator for Seacoast Hospice, guiding Rites
of Passage for elders, and his family. Wes was a a participant
in Second Journey's September 2004 Visioning Council, which was
held at Wisdom House in Litchfield CT, and plans to
attend
the October 13-16 Visioning Council on
Health and Well-Being in the
Second Half of Life, which will be held at the
Wildacres
Retreat Center in western North Carolina.
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It's Never Too Late: Creativity in
Later Life
“There
IS a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the
creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people
you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have
defeated age.”
—
Sophia Loren
Janice Blanchard,
MSPH, is a gerontologist and aging
advocate. She serves on the executive board of the Denver
Commission on Aging, Denver OWL, and as a consultant for several
national organizations, including the National Center for
Creative Aging and Second Journey. |
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