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We chronicled and reworked materials during our fifteen year tenure with New Beginnings into what has become our AgeStrong Database.
Some areas of development and testing of the conceptual framework and supportive organizational underpinnings were accomplished through on-going seminars, workshops, structured interviews with resident clients and their families; and a host of other invited participants to AgeStrong gatherings. Extensive scientific and popular research girds the building of each possibility.
With only modest exception and adjustments, all of the venues will follow a benchmark format. The AgeStrong Invitation to Possibilities is not another self-help gimmick. There is no promise of life-altering lessons or guarantees – just the changing textures, colors and dimensions of possibilities to explore. AgeStrong crafted 60 possibilities - what they look like, what they are in practice, how to recognize them, and how they work.
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Five personal actions capture and organize a core set of possibilities into a guiding AgeStrong framework:
POSSIBILITIES START NOW is an Agestrong Mantra, unrelenting in reminding us that the opportunity and challenge is in the moment, the time is always now. Jean Toomer encourages: “(Life) is demanding of me, ‘Start again. Begin New Things. Again set to work to build your world’.”
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Each possibility comes to life through thought-provoking questions, things to plan and practice, examples, exhortations, observations and perceptions to record, rules, do’s and don’ts, exercises, strategies, techniques, games, and bite-sized chunks of advice that can be easily digested.
Memorable sayings from leaders in various fields, mavericks, philosophers and pundits, poets, politicians, and entertainers litter the possibilities. Witty, funny, dead serious, they are assured to pull at your sensibilities. Some will jump right out at you, others require thought. Every effort has been made to include interesting, humorous, engaging narrative and commentary which captures the moment of each possibility. In so doing, we hope to singe and tickle a bit to get your attention in hopes of maybe changing your perspective and outlook.
To obtain the full benefit and impact of AgeStrong, it is important that you engage the possibilities with the appropriate images and attitudes: dare to imagine everything; be curious and unafraid to skin your knees and get scrapes; feel a bit clumsy, mischievous, and embarrassed; and enjoin moments of infinite possibility where you open doors and let your future in.
You will need the companion journal provided. Keeping the journal will enrich and deepen the experience and allow you to respond to the possibilities in a way that is cathartic, intimate, and meaningful. As the Possibilities invite and challenge, you will fill your journal pages with doodles, poems, stories about your life, serious thoughts, intimate debates and private moments, dazzling moments and peak experiences. The journal will mark milestones, chart transitions, bear witness, open up new worlds, probe the tender parts of an imperfect world, leave a trace of yourself, train you to see a universe in even the tiniest corner, focus on life's often unnoticed gifts rather than problems, serve as an invaluable resource when possibilities take unexpected turns, and act as a safety valve for emotions.
First: Enjoy the challenge. Have fun, laugh. This is not a book one reads from cover to cover. It is a book for browsing, for marking favorite passages, for memorizing quotes and poems here and there. Spend some time wandering through these pages, discovering or rediscovering some possibility landmarks. The possibilities can be taken in any order; on certain days or at different times, you might need to be reminded of some possibilities more than others. A quick look at the listing of possibilities will steer you in the sought after direction. Rank the possibilities that appeal to you, along such criteria as their usefulness, importance, and ability to inspire you to action.
Second: Turn the page to your highest ranked possibility. Each possibility begins: It is possible for me to.... If “Simply Let Go - Surrender” was your first choice, start by reading The Serenity Prayer before moving on to the reflections of what it means to let go, to let it be, to trust, and leave things as they are. The paradox of surrender and its seeds in the freedom of letting go is given note. Now get out your Journal and find a quiet place to work on the eight “Questions to Ask Myself” which follow. Next, you will encounter a “Think and Do” page of six items containing a potpourri of questions, inventories and lists to create, exercises, things to plan and put into practice, observations and self-perceptions to record in the spirit of Letting Go. Along the way, enjoy the quotes. When you have completed the “Think and Do” section and have taken the possibility as far as it will go, stop, celebrate, take stock of your accomplishment. The other possibilities follow a similar format, but each has its own character, sensibility, and challenge.
Third: Continue through the possibilities on your priority list. You have many chances in AgeStrong to expand your life through personal action. Just START