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Let Your Dare Grow Long
by Jeff Wozer
Liv Fun: Vol 8 – Issue 4
I recently celebrated the 38th anniversary of proclaiming this is the year I climb Mount Everest. When I first announced this honest pursuit, at a riotous younger age, I was applauded for my daring. But now when I proclaim it I’m viewed as delusional and wacky.
Daring, as a life attribute, does not follow us as we age, blooming like a wild daisy in May only to fade and wither by early June. By our 30s, daring downgrades to recklessness. By our 40s, it bad-mouths to desperate midlife crisis. And by our 50s and beyond, daring permanently degrades us to full-fledged nut job.
This is not only unfair, but a five-alarm outrage. How is it, I wonder, that no Adjective Discrimination Act yet exists? Hmmmm, Washington, D.C.? Something that protects those of us in the over-50 set against lame adjectives based purely on age. I believe most of us are up to the task of pursuing bold new adventures and wild new dreams.
But, apparently, my girlfriend does not share this belief. When I vowed … again … to make this the year I summit Mount Everest, she eyed me as if I were drunk. Not surprising. Drinking, just like daring, dulls with age. A drunk at 22 is crowned the life of the party; a drunk at 65 is deemed a problem.
Not that I have a drinking problem, of course. But according to my girlfriend, I need to temper my ambitions to something more realistic, something more aligned with “my age.” When I asked what she had in mind, she suggested glamping.
Liv Fun
by Leisure Care
Winter 2019
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It’s the Thought That Counts … ?
by Beverly Ingle
Do we have any advice for those of us who don’t want to abandon our tradition of spot-on gift-giving? Why, yes we do. Shift your perspective on gift-giving. Let go of the desire — or need — to surprise someone. Instead, talk to the recipient or someone close to him or her to find out more about what they can or cannot use.
Let Your Dare Grow Long
by Jeff WozerI recently celebrated the 38th anniversary of proclaiming this is the year I climb Mount Everest. When I first announced this honest pursuit, at a riotous younger age, I was applauded for my daring. But now when I proclaim it I’m viewed as delusional and wacky.
Tell Me Something Good
by Nancy Gertz
After all kinds of learning and living, I can humbly say I realize one thing — there will always be more to learn and the quest for answers will continue. Still, I am pretty sure that I’ve nailed three key things that drive human behavior in a positive direction.