The Double Edge of Senior Time: A Resiliency Rap

It's a period of multiple "R and R" -- relationship and relocation -- transitions along with much uncertainty, not the least of which entails generating speaking and consulting work while well into my 60s.  In this psycho-existential and financial state of "danger" and "opportunity," I began to muse about aging as well as the state of heart and mindset.  And upon looking up the word senior, its multifaceted nature suddenly filled my heretofore blank mental canvas.  As they say in those 12-step groups, Thanks for letting me share.

Mark

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The Double Edge of Senior Time

As a senior am I "older"

Or might one choose to be bolder?

Why not play a dashing Colonel

We all know hype springs eternal.

Simply change that common thinking

Now "senior" stands for "higher ranking":

Being "further up the ladder"

Even if you're a Mad Hatter.

"Leading," "chief," and "most important"

Well...I can simply rage and rant.

"Elder," superior," and a "boss"

Means never admitting at a loss!

In a mind so filled with magic

Ever juggling joy and tragic
Still "quipping the light fantastic"

While debating brick or plastic

Fighting set-in-stone-age limits

Must it be dinos vs. digits?

There's but one rule of thumb:

For the hearty and the frail

Who have trouble "getting real"

Long pursue the holy grail

Or the kingdom yet to come...

Blind faith in a life of learning

Trials by fire, soul still burning

Never, never to pain numb.

On bended knee in their garden

Ever planting seeds of wisdom

Surely, one day, a rising sun.

© Mark Gorkin  2015

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Mark Gorkin, the Stress Doc ™, www.stressdoc.com, acclaimed Keynote and Kickoff Speaker, Webinar Presenter, Retreat Leader and Motivational Humorist, is the author of Practice Safe Stress, The Four Faces of Anger, and Resiliency Rap. A former Stress & Violence Prevention consultant for the US Postal Service, "The Doc" is also a Team Building and Organizational Development Consultant as well as a Stress Resilience/Wellness Consultant for the international corporate wellness/insurance brokerage group, The Hays Companies. Mark leads highly interactive, innovative, and inspiring programs for corporations and government agencies, including the US Military, on stress and brain resiliency/burnout prevention through humor, change and conflict management, generational communication, and 3 "R" -- Responsible, Resilient & Risk-Taking -- leadership-partnership team building.

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