Comments on: No More Premature Aging: Just Add Attitude http://www.thespiritualeclectic.com/2009/01/26/no-more-premature-aging-just-add-attitude/ Because Spirituality Is Not One-Size-Fits All Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:39:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Copyright by Lorna Tedder http://www.thespiritualeclectic.com/2009/01/26/no-more-premature-aging-just-add-attitude/comment-page-1/#comment-3373 Copyright by Lorna Tedder Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:02:48 +0000 http://thespiritualeclectic.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-3373 So beautifully said! So beautifully said!

]]> By: Ronn Aldaman http://www.thespiritualeclectic.com/2009/01/26/no-more-premature-aging-just-add-attitude/comment-page-1/#comment-3372 Ronn Aldaman Thu, 30 Dec 2010 09:33:10 +0000 http://thespiritualeclectic.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-3372 In Thailand and in SE Asia the elderly are respected and well taken care of by the family. One of the worse hells imaginable for Buddhists is for having rejected one's own elders. I remember this woman so well. It was a few years ago during a yearly celebration and she was sitting opposite a canal. Often people first laugh when I take photos of the elderly because they think it is a joke. After all, so many pretty girls and temples and....etceteras to photograph. I often spend some time with the people I encounter and soon they discover that I actually find the elderly beautiful in their way and when you come across a face with so much integrity, it deserves more attention than the bikini clad statuesque wonder parading on the beach. In Thailand and in SE Asia the elderly are respected and well taken care of by the family. One of the worse hells imaginable for Buddhists is for having rejected one’s own elders.

I remember this woman so well. It was a few years ago during a yearly celebration and she was sitting opposite a canal. Often people first laugh when I take photos of the elderly because they think it is a joke. After all, so many pretty girls and temples and….etceteras to photograph.

I often spend some time with the people I encounter and soon they discover that I actually find the elderly beautiful in their way and when you come across a face with so much integrity, it deserves more attention than the bikini clad statuesque wonder parading on the beach.

]]> By: “I’m Getting Old”…and Other Self-Talk that’s Really Bad for You « The Spiritual Eclectic http://www.thespiritualeclectic.com/2009/01/26/no-more-premature-aging-just-add-attitude/comment-page-1/#comment-611 “I’m Getting Old”…and Other Self-Talk that’s Really Bad for You « The Spiritual Eclectic Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:04:46 +0000 http://thespiritualeclectic.wordpress.com/?p=718#comment-611 [...] didn’t happen until the very, very end of their long lives.  I’ve known too many people to go from being healthy and productive to fragile and apathetic, and the transition has been a steady stream of self-deprecating remarks on their age and the [...] [...] didn’t happen until the very, very end of their long lives.  I’ve known too many people to go from being healthy and productive to fragile and apathetic, and the transition has been a steady stream of self-deprecating remarks on their age and the [...]

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