Growing Bolder Community

A cold chill had cast itself over the lands during the previous hours. Many men can be seen pushing through the snow while pulling large and small sled carrying their supplies. Behind them can be seen a massive plain of frozen land covered in the white of soft fragile droplets converged into a piled up layer. They face the pinnacle of the unknown, the wild. Tall evergreen trees were scattered...

Then and Now The years of a lifetime can be compared to a flowing river. Days, weeks, months and years meld into a river that flows toward a specific destination, namely, the demise of each individual. From its beginning until it empties into a sea, it meanders through different terrains and as it does so, the landscapes change. At times the current is turbulent and forceful and it...

BOOMER POWER!After last Thursdays Twitter/AgeOp think tank I decided it was to drag out my old protest signs and start a new crusade against ageism and the devaluation of those of us over 50. Somewhere, somehow, somebody got the idea that anyone over 30 (uh oh, was it us 40 years ago??) had nothing to offer. What a crock! The opposite is true - we have more to offer because we've...

I'm a big believer in the concept of paying it forward (I've actually blogged about it before!) The basic premise is that if Jim lends me $5, I don't pay him back -- I pay it forward by lending Bob $5. Instead of paying me back, Bob lends Susie $5, and so on and so on. It doesn't have to be financial; if instead of paying Jim back the money, I wash Bob's car and Bob takes Susie to the...

I just became a Certified Laughter Leader and I'm looking forward to starting a laughter club in...

Hello all, I stumbled across this site because an old friend of mine emailed me the lady who has over 500k on her car video. That video was a riot! This is my first time joing an online community, but I'm looking forward to the interaction with people more my age. My grandson tried to get me on myspace a couple of years ago, but that site just didn't make any sense to me. I'm not sure what I'm...

I'm a breast cancer survivor. As part of my own journey, I am writing a play titled Chemonologues, a play about cancer survivors. This project is funded, in part, by a grant from United Arts of Central Florida. I am looking for cancer survivor who wish to share their stories. I won't be using actual names within the play itself; but do intend to acknowledge all those who help me with this project...

You've heard of paying it forward? It's the concept that if someone does something nice for you, you do something nice for someone else. Then that person will do something nice for another person, and so on, and so on. Instead of paying the original "gifter" back, you start a cycle of giving that continues. It can be something huge: donating blood so that many people receive your help, or...