Unshaken Wonder: Becoming Playful Elders Together Volume 1 - Kane, Lori
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I feared that I'd never get there. To Unapologetic Playfulness Land. Lori's own Promised Land. Maya Angelou got there. Gandhi got there. The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and even writer Anne Lamott got there. My friends Bernie DeKoven, Bayo Akomolafe, and Natalie Kinsey the tree-haired wonder got there. Even Mom got there, thanks in large part to her Alzheimer's disease.But could I get there? Could an angry, burned out person who felt unwilling and unprepared to become a family and community elder--a person who often felt like burning the world or at least its elected leaders to the…mehr

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I feared that I'd never get there. To Unapologetic Playfulness Land. Lori's own Promised Land. Maya Angelou got there. Gandhi got there. The Dalai Lama, Desmond Tutu, and even writer Anne Lamott got there. My friends Bernie DeKoven, Bayo Akomolafe, and Natalie Kinsey the tree-haired wonder got there. Even Mom got there, thanks in large part to her Alzheimer's disease.But could I get there? Could an angry, burned out person who felt unwilling and unprepared to become a family and community elder--a person who often felt like burning the world or at least its elected leaders to the ground--become a playful elder?I followed these questions away from the serious, city-dwelling researcher self that I'd been until I became an island-dwelling artist who knows that people are actually brave and fun and even hilarious every chance they get. I know now that wonder is within me, it's all around us, and that we humans can be playful in the face of anything. And I do mean anything... What does it take to become a playful elder today? What does it take to encounter wonder daily? What does it take to reconnect with the wonder at our core during times of increasing polarization, isolation, exhaustion, and anger and when confronted by pain, death, injustice, and horror? And what exactly is unshaken wonder--the wonder that appears to sit at the core of playful elders around the world? I suspect that to feel unshaken wonder you must be ready to unlearn much of what the old you thought was true. That you must be ready to open yourself up to new possibilities and new people. Ready to let go of what doesn't matter in this moment in favor of what matters most to those fully present and together, right now.Are you ready?
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Lori Kane, EdD, is a Pacific Northwest essayist and poet and a retreat, workshop, and coworking space host. She's also an occasional blogger, serious home canner, lazy gardener, and an Alzheimer's care partner for mom Linda. Lori lives on Whidbey Island, Washington, USA and runs Silly Dog Studios with her husband, photographer Daniel Gregory, Eva the dog, and Joe, Bella, and Batman the cats alongside the chatty trees of Brakenwood forest who suggest that Silly Humans Studios would have been a more apt name for their home and business. Other books by Lori Kane include The Grace of Dragons: Receiving the Gifts of Dementia Care Partnering, Year 2 Poet, Reimagination Station: Creating a Game-Changing In-Home Coworking Space, Year 1 Poet, Different Office: Stories from Self-Created, Soul-Satisfying Work Space, A Travel Guide for Transitions: Because Freaking Out About This by Myself Totally Sucks, and Different Work: Moving from I Should to I Love My Work. To find these books, visit http: //www.collectiveself.com/books. To find Silly Dog Studios retreats, talks, and workshops, visit www.sillydogstudios.art. To chat, stop by the Lori Kane, Author Facebook page, follow @CollectiveSelf on Twitter, or just stop by the studio if you're on Whidbey