Let’s focus the effort to unfold a campaign to change people’s minds about ‘old is bad.’ We don't have to be ashamed about the inevitable fact that we are aging.

Wabi-sabi

Wabi-sabi is the Japanese aesthetic that appreciates the beauty and inevitability of impermanence and imperfection.

It is an honest acceptance of the way things really are.

The beauty of a wooden bannister worn smooth by many hands.

Wabi-sabi is a bittersweet poignancy, as we realize that all things crumble, including us and our universe.

Some things we can do to raise the level of the conscious aging ocean so that all the ships go up (always in formation) (always information, too).

Courage for Everyone

• we all age
• we can’t retrofit inclusion and diversity
• we are all part of TeamSapien

Elizabeth White, author of 55, Underemployed and Faking Normal
Sage—Advocacy & Services for LGBT Elders
TH!RD ACT

Dismantle Ageism

• say NO to discrimination based on age, both cultural ageism and internalized ageism
• Ashton Applewhite, author of This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto Against Ageism
• Old School—A clearinghouse of free and carefully vetted resources to educate people about ageism and help dismantle it—oldschool.info
• RAM—radicalagemovement.org—dismantle ageism through political action
  
  

Age with Intention, Not Just Out of Habit

• health includes mind, body, spirit
• our consciousness impacts our realities
• be aware of the everyday choices we make

Courageus conducts Aging From The Heart Workshops as well as educational seminars on aging and ageism.

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