Something To Think About: The Challenges and Opportunities Of Living And Aging

Something to Think About: The Challenges and Opportunities of Living and Aging is a compilation of essays written over time for the newsletter, Healthwise, of the Stein Institute for Research on Aging at the University of California, San Diego. These short essays were written to make people more conscious and aware of their aging/living process, inspiring and empowering them to take responsibility not only for their physical health, but for the full spectrum of their being - body, heart, mind and soul. The essays provide "Something to Think About" in a down-to-earth, humanistic, optimistic, and often self-disclosive manner about the challenges and opportunities inherent in this later stage journey. While the vicissitudes of life can be certainly challenging, our aging process also opens up new opportunities and vistas for personal and interpersonal development, the expansion of consciousness and greater wisdom and understanding of oneself and life in general.