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===================================================== FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS – APRII 2024 ===================================================== I never imagined I would find such peace and contentment as I am now living day in and day out. I am blessed with good health and a truly loving family. While I don’t feel like I deserve to end up in such a good situation, I’m not going to try …

===================================================== FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS – MARCH 2024 ===================================================== March Greetings, Dear Friends… As I have been musing on how much peace my aging has brought me, I’ve finally learned that my TONE is always more important than my CONTENT. Here’s a way to think about this… When Scott was eight, he was down in the basement trying to drive aluminum …

==================================================  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS – JANUARY 2024==================================================”Could trees feel they are dying when this year’s glory is released?I doubt it.Still, we feel terribly vulnerable when we surrender parts of ourselves that previously served us so well.   This can be a very difficult time…”==================================================New Year’s Greetings, Dear Friends…It’s been over a year since I’ve been in touch, and …

===================================================== THE CTAL NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2017, PART 1 1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2. THE DATA THAT TURNED THE WORLD UPSIDE DOWN 3. THIS WEEK’S LINKS ===================================================== QUOTES OF THE WEEK    “I have a foreboding of an America in my children’s or grandchildren’s time — when the United States is a service and information …

=================================================== HOW SOCIAL MEDIA IS CRIPPLING OUR DEMOCRACY… …AND WHY WE SEEM SO POWERLESS TO STOP IT… =================================================== January Greetings #3, Dear Friends… Churchill is often credited with Santayana’s quote from The Life of Reason in 1905: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” But as far as I know, Churchill …

===================================================== SEARCH ENGINES & THE HIJACKING OF PEOPLE’S MINDS… ===================================================== What follows is at least as disturbing as the unintended consequences of Social Media. Even sites I considered more trustworthy than Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, etc., can be used to quite literally to “hijack people’s minds” for terrible purposes. The example below may have been a cause …

================================================== THE CTAL NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2017, PART 1 ================================================== QUOTES OF THE MONTH “I have decided to stick with love.  Hate is too great a burden to bear.” Martin Luther King Jr. “The medium is the message.” Marshall McLuhan ================================================== 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  HOW TECHNOLOGY HIJACKS PEOPLE’S MINDS HIJACK #1:  IF YOU …

============================================== THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP – DECEMBER 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  “NOT‑KNOWING” WISDOM 3.  YOU SAY YOU WANT A RESOLUTION… 4.  DESIDERATA 5.  THIS YEAR’S LINKS ============================================== QUOTE OF THE WEEK – T.S. ELLIOT & ATUM O’KANE “We shall not cease from exploration And the end of all our exploring  Will be …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2016  1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS  2. ADVERSITY  3. HOW AMERICAN POLITICS WENT INSANE  4. “WHAT YOU WANT” OR “WHAT YOU NEED”? 5. LEONARD COHEN’S SINGS ‘ANTHEM’ IN LONDON 2008 6. THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================= QUOTES OF THE MONTH – LEONARD COHEN & THE YOUNG MAN …

================================================= OLD WISDOM FROM DESIDERATA… 32 TWEETS THAT WILL MAKE YOU DAMN PROUD TO BE A NASTY WOMAN      JESSICA SAMAKOW, MANAGING EDITOR, HUFFPOST VOICES, 10/19/2016 Donald Trump is nothing if not consistent in the way he demeans women. “Such a nasty woman,” he muttered into his microphone in the final moments of the third …

================================================= DEAR GOP…      BY LIZ PLANK, DEAN PETERSON & MATTEEN MOKALLA, VOX, OCTOBER 9, 2016 CLICK HERE and go to October 9 VOX Video https://www.facebook.com/feministabulous/ ================================================= © Copyright 2016, by William R. Idol, except where indicated otherwise. All rights reserved worldwide. Reprint only with permission from copyright holder(s). All trademarks are property of their …

================================================= THE TWEETSTORM HEARD ‘ROUND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY      BY CONOR FRIEDERSDORF, THE ATLANTIC, OCTOBER 12, 2016 Marybeth Glenn describes herself as a Coolidge Conservative who is addicted to politics, Christian apologetics, C.S. Lewis, Ray Bradbury, Ravi Zacharias, and Phil Collins. She typically votes Republican, “rejects increasing government control, and will gladly rebuke either side …

================================================= HOW YANKS ABROAD CAN EASILY VOTE IN 2016 ================================================= SENT BY CONCERNED CANADIAN FRIENDS… NOTE: This is Father William’s personal responsibility and does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of The Third Age Center for Leadership. We’ve got 4 DAYS left before the first major deadlines for Americans to register to vote! There …

================================================= NO COURAGE OR HONOR HERE… ================================================= Chicago Tribune endorses “agile, practical” Gary Johnson as USA Today decides not to endorse at all   BY BRENDAN GATHER, SALON.COM, SEPTEMBER 30, 2016 The editorial board of a major U.S. newspaper plugs a Libertarian candidate who hadn’t heard of Aleppo 3 weeks ago In an editorial titled, …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2016 1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2. EMAILS FROM THE YOUNG MAN, THE DONSTER & A FRIEND 3. THE ARIZONA REPUBLIC 2016 PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT 4. TRUMP’S RISE REFLECTS AMERICA’S DECLINE 5. THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================= SEPTEMBER QUOTES – RANDY NEWMAN, TYM, AZ REPUBLIC, GEORGE WILL “The …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  THE ART OF GRACIOUS LEADERSHIP 3.  THE COST OF HOLDING ON 4.  WHAT DANISH PARENTS KNOW ABOUT TEACHING EMPATHY 5.  OLD PEOPLE ARE HAPPIER THAN PEOPLE IN THEIR 20’S 6.  WHAT YOU’RE MEANT TO DO… 7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – JULY 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  WHAT’S ‘AN EXCESS OF PATRIARCHY’? 3.  M.B.M LEADERSHIP: “REMEMBER 5-YEAR-OLDS COME IN ALL AGES” 4.  WOMEN ARE MORE COLLABORATIVE, INCLUSIVE LEADERS 5.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================= QUOTES OF THE MONTH – VOLTAIRE (1765) & MATTHEW FOX (2003)                Q:  …

============================================ THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP –  JUNE 2016 1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2. HOW AMERICAN POLITICS WENT INSANE I. IMMUNITY WHY THE POLITICAL CLASS IS A GOOD THING II. VULNERABILITY HOW THE WAR ON MIDDLEMEN LEFT AMERICA HELPLESS   III. PATHOGENS DONALD TRUMP AND OTHER VIRUSES IV. SYMPTOMS THE DISORDER THAT EXACERBATES ALL …

=================================================== THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – MAY 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  450,000 CONDOMS FOR RIO OLYMPICS ATHLETE’S VILLAGE 3.  WELCOME TO THE EXPONENTIAL AGE – OUR NEAR FUTURE! 4.  ABSURDITIES OF THE US ELECTORATE 5.  ESSENTIALIZING  6.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS =================================================== QUOTES OF THE MONTH – IOC, BUZZ HEIDTKE, RAVI PALAT …

================================================= 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  THE DONALD, SACHA BARON COHEN, DYLAN, FREUD, OPRAH AND THE GROWTH CURVE      2-1:   A SOMEWHAT CONVENTIONAL LOOK AT TRUMP      2-2:   E-MAIL EXCHANGE             2-3:   A GROWTH CURVE ANALYSIS      2-4:   THE LEADER OF THE PACK      2-5:   ADDENDUM …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  THE MEANING OF GOOD FRIDAY 3.  THE MAN THE FOUNDERS FEARED 4.  IT’S THE CHARACTER 5.  TRUMP: A FRIGHTENING WINDOW INTO THE AMERICAN PRESENT 6.  AMERICA CAN’T BE GREAT AGAIN NO MATTER WHO’S ELECTED… 7.  TRUMP OVERWHELMED WITH PRESTIGIOUS …

================================================== THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  INTEGRATION: A REPORT FROM THE SLOW LANE 3.  WHAT IS PSYCHOSYNTHESIS? 4.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================== QUOTE OF THE MONTH – DAVID ‘LUCKY’ GOFF                                   “Soft enough                                   …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2016 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  ELDERS COME IN ALL AGES 3.  “AMIDST ALL THE NOISE, TO WHOM SHOULD WE LISTEN?” 4.  “IT WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF WE FIX OUR POLITICS…” 5.  “THERE IS MORE THAN ENOUGH BLAME TO GO AROUND…” 6.  “TO CALL ON …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2015 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  ANOTHER MOON – AN ELDER MOON – IS RISING IN OUR SKY 3.  NATURE IS PRESENTING US WITH A GIFT OF ELDERS 4.  SURRENDERING AN OBSOLETE IDENTITY IS HARD – AND WORTH IT! 5.  IN OPENING TO ELDERHOOD WE …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2015 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  CLOSING IN ON THE GRATITUDE DAY 3.  BEING NO LONGER IN A HURRY 4.  TIPS FOR KEEPING A GRATITUDE JOURNAL 5.   WIKIPEDIA’S TAKE ON GRATITUDE 6.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================= QUOTES OF THE MONTH – MEISTER ECKHART, EPICTETUS & …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2015       A TRIBUTE TO ELDER ED PAUL 1917-2015        “One doesn’t always have a euphoric view at this age (after all, there is much that needs changing!), but I CAN testify to a sense of serenity which seems to pervade …

================================================= THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2015 1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  IN YOUR OWN IMAGE 3.  WHAT BERNIE SANDERS BROUGHT TO LIBERTY UNIVERSITY 4.  THE POPE AND CLARK GABLE 5.   GIVING 6.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS ================================================= QUOTE OF THE MONTH – AN FW INSIGHT FROM 1964 I flunked God’s exam …

=================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 20151.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  LOSING A CUSTOMER OVER ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ STOREFRONT SIGNS3.  QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE WAR WOUND ‘MORAL INJURY’4.  SOLDIER’S JOURNEY TO HEAL SPOTLIGHTS ‘SOUL WOUNDS’ OF WAR5.  THE GENTRIFICATION OF ‘SESAME STREET’: CASHING OUT…6.  20 QUOTES ON THE NATURE OF REALITY FROM …

=================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP – JULY 2015     1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS     2.  GRUMPY OLD ARCHETYPES     3.  THE CROSSROADS OF SHOULD AND MUST: AN INTELLIGENT ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO           FINDING YOUR BLISS     4.  THE SECRET TO NEVER BEING FRUSTRATED AGAIN     5.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS=================================================QUOTES OF THE MONTH – JAMES HILLMAN, ELLE LUNA & ANNIE …

=================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP NEWSLETTER – JUNE 20151.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  THE TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION PROCESS – RESTORATIVE JUSTICE3.  MEN OVERCOMPENSATE WHEN THEIR MASCULINITY IS QUESTIONED4.  CONFESSIONS OF A RIGHT-WING SHOCK JOCK5.  MEA CULPA – THE ‘SOUTHERN AVENGER’ REPENTS6.  VULNERABILITY7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS=================================================QUOTE OF THE WEEK – ALICE WALKER     “I think we …

   =================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE LEADERSHIP – MAY 2015     1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS     2.  SHOCKED MUM TWEETS SEX ED CLASS & IS BANNED BY SCHOOL     3.  UNBUTTONING AMERICA: A BIOGRAPHY OF PEYTON PLACE     4.  FOX NEWS BLURS BREASTS ON $179 MILLION PICASSO ARTWORK     5.  THE BIZARRE AND BEAUTIFUL WORLD OF PURITY BALLS     6.  SEX, …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – MARCH 20151.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS 2.  WHY DO WE THINK OUR KIDS ARE IN CONSTANT DANGER? 3.  WHY KIDS NEED SPIRITUALITY 4.  SURRENDER YOUR DATA 5.  YOU CANNOT CAPTURE SILENCE, IT CAPTURES YOU6.  PRESENCE IN THE AGE OF PRODUCTIVITY 7. THIS MONTH’S LINKS============================================QUOTES OF THE MONTH – MAHATMA …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2015   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  ONCE AND FUTURE SINS   3.  THE MIDDLE OF THINGS: ADVICE FOR YOUNG WRITERS   4.  A QUESTION OF STORY   5.  HOW AMERICA LOST TRACK OF THE GOOD LIFE…   6.  A GANG YOU’LL WANT YOUR KID TO JOIN   7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS FW NOTE:  …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2015    1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS    2.  THE MAGIC CIRCLE OF PLAY    3.  PLAY SHAPES THE BRAIN & INVIGORATES THE SOUL    4.  WHAT IS ‘THE PLAY ETHIC’?    5.  HOPE, CYNICISM & THE STORIES WE TELL OURSELVES    6.  A PLAYFUL PATH & ADVICE …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 20151.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  THE PROBLEM WITH MEANING3.  AGING AS A NATURAL MONASTERY 4.  LET YOUR LIFE SPEAK 5.  THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE GOSPEL OF THOMAS6.  GOING BEYOND THE ROLES WE PLAY7.  WHAT I KNOW AFTER 25 YEARS OF MARRIAGE8.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS============================================QUOTES OF THE MONTH – …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – NEW YEAR’S DAY 20151.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  HOW TO STOP PROCRASTINATING WITH THE SEINFELD STRATEGY3.  PRIORITIES AND THE ART OF PRUNING4.  7 THINGS I LEARNED IN 7 YEARS OF READING, WRITING & LIVING5.  NOT RESISTING RESISTANCE============================================QUOTE OF THE NEW YEAR – RICHARD BACH & FW     Learning is remember …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 20141.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  KINDNESS: THE FIRST GIFT3.  THREE MAGICAL WORDS:  JAI SHREE KRISHNA4.  FEAR & FAITH5.  GRATITUDE IS THE KEY TO PEACE6.  YES, VIRGINIA, THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS7.  ONE GREAT ACT OF HOLIDAY KINDNESS8.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS============================================QUOTE OF THE MONTH: JOHN O’DONOHUE“To believe in blessing …

============================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 20141.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS & ‘MIDLIFE CRISIS’2.  A PLEDGE FOR GRATEFUL LIVING 3.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS============================================QUOTES OF THE MONTH – DONALD RICHIE, KRISTIN HAWKINS & FRANK BRUNI“Midlife crisis begins sometime in your 40s, when you look at your life and think, “Is this all?” And it ends …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 20141.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  THE CASE FOR LOW IDEALS3.  BEWILDERMENT4.  NO NURSING HOME FOR ME!5.  GRATEFULNESS AND THE POWER OF RADICAL SUFFICIENCY6.  THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EDUCATION AND TRAINING7. PRACTICING THE ART OF POSITIVE AGING8.  SEVEN WAYS TO EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN – AND WHY YOU REALLY NEED TO9.  …

If you’re relaxed enough to enjoy one of FW’s hour long radio shows, “We’ve Got Our Own Third Age Bard” is worth hearing. It’s an interview with old friend David Swords who’s just retired after a long and successful career in publishing. David shares with us some of what he’s running up against when his …

===========================================================   THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  NINETY SIX WORDS FOR LOVE   3.  OCCUPATIONAL HAZARDS OF WORKING ON WALL STREET   4.  PREPARING MY DAUGHTERS TO BE SINGLE   5.  THE CASE FOR DELAYED ADULTHOOD   6.  THE DEATH OF ADULTHOOD IN AMERICAN …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 20141.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  THE ONE LETTER TO READ BEFORE SENDING YOUR CHILD TO SCHOOL3.  DON’T SEND YOUR KID TO THE IVY LEAGUE4.  KURT VONNEGUT ON READING, BOREDOM, BELONGING & HATE5.  SEARCH INSIDE OR OUTSIDE?6.  DEPROGRAMMING THE CULT OF THE COACH7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS===========================================================QUOTES OF THE …

 ===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JULY 2014     1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS       2.  THIS IS THE TRUE RIDE     3.  WHAT THE BUDDHA NEVER SAID     4.  IF THERE IS NO SELF, THEN WHO’S SITTING HERE?     5.  TO BE OR NOT TO BE: HAMLET’S SOLILOQUY TRANSLATED     6.  WHERE REASON ENDS …

 ===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JUNE 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  HOW TO EXPLAIN AMERICANS   3.  TRYING NOT TO TRY: CULTIVATING THE ART OF SPONTANEITY   4.  REVEAL YOUR OWN WHOLENESS   5.  REFLECTIONS ON THE INNER WORK OF HOLDING PARADOX   6.  IN PRAISE OF IDLENESS   7.  A BLESSING FOR ONE WHO IS EXHAUSTED   …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER –MAY 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS      2.  MISERABLE & MAGICAL: ADVICE FOR PARADOXICAL TIMES   3.  A MENTAL BREATHER: LIVING LIKE A CHALICE   4.  I DON’T WANT TO BE RIGHT   5.  ROUND UP: MONICA LEWINSKY & FEMINISM   6.  HOW TO OVERCOME BARRIERS TO FORGIVENESS   7.  HAVERFORD COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – APRIL 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS      2.  FEMINISM IS A QUESTION: WHAT TRUTHS ARE MISSING HERE?   3.  VOLUNTARY SIMPLICITY   4.  JOAN BAEZ DIFFUSES RIGHT WING PROTEST AT IDAHO CONCERT   5.  A BROKEN HALLELUJAH: THE LIFE OF LEONARD COHEN   6.  LETTER TO PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY FROM 12 YEAR-OLD MADISON …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS      2.  HELEN MIRREN TAKES ON THE GENDER GAP   3.  POEMS FROM JEAN   4.  WHY OLDER OFTEN MEANS WISER    5.  THE WISDOM OF NATE PHELPS   6.  A RETIREE’S LAST TRIP TO KROGER   7.  SCIENCE & RELIGION: MYSTERY & MEANING #3 (CONT’)   …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – FEBRUARY 2014   1. FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2. SCIENCE & RELIGION: MYSTERY & MEANING   3. A POEM: ‘INTRODUCTIONS’   4. ‘OLD FAT WHITE MEN’ ARE NOT NECESSARILY BIGOTS   5. THE DANGERS OF CERTAINTY: A LESSON FROM AUSCHWITZ   6. ‘MORAL MARCH’ MAY BE THE START OF SOMETHING HUGE   7. THE OLDER …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER #2 – JANUARY 2014   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS    2.  MOST HAVE NO IDEA WHAT MARTIN LUTHER KING ACTUALLY DID   3.  AN UNSUNG HERO OF CIVIL RIGHTS   4.  ALONE, YET NOT ALONE    5.  A ZURICH 17-YEAR OLD’S GRATITUDE/THANKFULNESS PROJECT   6.  HOUSE PROUD: FREEDOM IN 704 SQUARE FEET    …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JANUARY 2013 #1   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS      2.  LIFE FORCE: SILENCE   3.  THE SMARTEST BOOK ABOUT OUR DIGITAL AGE WAS PUBLISHED IN 1929   4.  MATERIALISM: A SYSTEM THAT EATS US FROM THE INSIDE OUT   5.  HOW TO CLOSE THE GAP BETWEEN US AND THEM   6.  THIS MONTH’S …

 ===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – DECEMBER 2013    1. FATHER WILLIAM’S NON-MUSINGS    ===========================================================QUOTE OF THE MONTH – HAZRAT INAYAT KHAN“True wisdom is to be found in the peaceful, for peacefulness is the sign of wisdom.”===========================================================1. FATHER WILLIAM’S NON-MUSINGS December and New Year’s Greetings, Dear Friends…As 2013 ends, Old Father William is going through …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – NOVEMBER 2013    1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS       2.  SIX HABITS OF HIGHLY GRATEFUL PEOPLE    3.  IS GRATITUDE THE PATH TO A BETTER WORLD?    4.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU…    5.  WHEN DECENCY PREVAILED    6.  BOOK REVIEW: ‘THIS WILL BE YOUR RETIREMENT BIBLE!’ …

===========================================================   THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2013     1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS        2.  POPE: ‘IDEOLOGICAL CHRISTIANS’ ARE A ‘SERIOUS ILLNESS’     3.  MORE SEX, ANYONE?     4.  EAT YOUR HEART OUT, AMERICANS: 10 ACCOLADES FOR AUSTRALIA     5.  VINCENT LINGIARI, ABORIGINAL RIGHTS ACTIVIST (1908-1988)     6.  THE JUST WORLD FALLACY     …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – SEPTEMBER 2013   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  BABY BOOMER MEA CULPA   3.  FRANK RELATIONSHIP ADVICE FROM A 98-YEAR-OLD WOMAN   4.  THE GUNFIGHTER GROWS OLD   5.  WHAT WAR MEANS   6.  THE JOY OF OLD AGE (NO KIDDING)   7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS===========================================================QUOTES OF THE MONTH – HOWARD PIGGOTT & POPE …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – AUGUST 2013   1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS   2.  ERR IN THE DIRECTION OF KINDNESS   3.  LOVE – THE ULTIMATE OUTLAW   4.  THE HITCHHIKERS GUIDE TO DEMENTIA   5.  HOW TO BE MORE THAN A MINDFUL CONSUMER   6.  STUDY TIES HIGHER BLOOD SUGAR TO DEMENTIAL RISK    7.  WELCOME TO THE …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JULY 2013    1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS    2.  COMPLEMENTARY WHOLENESS    3.  DIALOGUE’S GOALS, BLOCKS & TECHNOLOGY   4.  THE AMERICAN NIGHTMARE BECOMES THE AMERICAN DREAM    5.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS =========================================================== QUOTE OF THE MONTH – GEORGE BERNARD SHAW   “There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.    …

=========================================================== THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – JUNE 20131.    FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.    “RIGHTEOUS MIND: WHY GOOD PEOPLE ARE DIVIDED…”3.    “GODDAMIT, MR. IDOL, THIS IS YOUR JOB!”4.    LEONARD COHEN: “I HAVE NO APPETITE FOR RETIREMENT”5.    RULES FOR BEING HUMAN6.    TWENTY-FIVE QUOTES FOR LETTING GO7.    SO WHO THOUGHT THE PROTESTANT WORK ETHIC WAS A GOOD IDEA?8.   …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – MAY 20131.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  FOR GOD, COUNTRY AND COCA-COLA3.  SURVIVAL OF THE…NICEST? CHECK OUT THE OTHER THEORY OF EVOLUTION4.  THE CULTURE OF MASCULINITY COSTS ALL TOO MUCH TO IGNORE5.  CHANGES6.  TOO MANY COLONOSCOPIES IN THE ELDERLY7.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS===========================================================QUOTE OF THE MONTH – CARL JUNG”One does not …

===========================================================THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – APRIL 20131.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS2.  THE PRACTICAL UNIVERSITY3.  6 WAYS OF LOOKING AT COLLEGE HOOKUP CULTURE4.  THE SECRETS OF PRINCETON5.  THE EMPIRICAL KIDS6.  A MADMAN, BUT ANGELIC 7.  ROBERT REDFORD GROWS OLD WITH STYLE 8.  THIS MONTH’S LINKS===========================================================QUOTE OF THE MONTH – SIMON & GARFUNKEL   “I’ve just been …

 =========================================================== THE CENTER FOR THIRD AGE NEWSLETTER – MARCH 2013     1.  FATHER WILLIAM’S MUSINGS      2.  “FACTIVIST” BONO: PROGRESS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY      3.  WOLF WHISPERER IN THE VATICAN      4.  HOW MOVEMENTS RECOVER     5.  THE REPUBLICAN AUTOPSY REPORT      6.  EMPATHY REPRESSES ANALYTIC THOUGHT & VICE-VERSA      7.  COMPLEMENTARY WHOLENESS MEANS “BOTH/AND” …