George Cappannelli - Do Not Go Quietly: A Guide to Living Consciously and Aging Wisely for People Who Werent Born Yesterday

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Not Quietly,

No, we will not go quietly,

Not meekly into this or any other night.

We who cheered when Martin marched

And who first heard Rachel Carsons call;

We who lost our heroes to hate

And tried to find ourselves in love;

We who died at Kent State

And cheered when the wall come down;

We who contributed to the loss of Americas grace

And then celebrated the rebirth of hope

We will not go quietly

Not meekly

Into this or any other night.

We will harvest our experience

And bay at the moon of new possibility.

We will dance to lifes mysteries.

And forge a path of renewed promise

For ourselves and those

Who come after us.

We who hold in our hands and hearts

The power to resurrect the dream.

We who stood on the front lines before

And who are called once again

Will not go meekly

Not quietly

Into this or any other night.

~ George Cappannelli ~

Dedication

We dedicate this book to those on whose shoulders we stand and there are many. Specifically we thank Carl Jung, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, Ram Dass, Stephen and Ondrea Levine, Jerald Jamploski, Angeles Arrien, Michael Meade, and Jean Houston. We also thank Zalman Schachter-Shalomi whose book, From Age-ing to Sage-ing, opened our eyes and the eyes of so many to the challenges and opportunities of spiritual eldering and conscious aging. And we are deeply grateful to our parents George and Mary Cappannelli and Bill and Betty Spivey, not only for the gift of life and the lessons and support they shared with us along the way, but for the final lessons they shared with us during the closing chapters of their lives. It was these lessons that prompted us to write this book.

We also honor those who spend their lives in the trenches each day working to develop new systems, procedures, technologies, and alternative strategies for people in the second half of life. And we especially celebrate those who have the courage, compassion, and grace to care for the elderly, to serve the dying, and in this way to remind us all of our duty to those who need us now and to those who will come after us.

Finally, we dedicate this book to you and celebrate your willingness to keep your dream alive and to do the courageous and necessary work of learning to live the life you were born to live.

Everything has to do with loving and not loving.

~ Rumi ~

Breakdown or Breakthrough

W e are entering a time of demographic revolution that will, over the next several decades, result in a large number some say half of our population being 50 years of age or older for the first time in history. Although this revolution is still in its early stages, it is clear from the conversations and conflicts being acted out in the chambers of government and in the boardrooms of our institutions and corporations that this graying of the worlds population is ushering in a time of unprecedented social, political, cultural, economic, technological, and environmental change for all of us who are passengers on this train called Humanity and especially for those of us who are older GenXers, Boomers, and Elders. And this, as they say, is only the beginning.

Couple this reality with the fact that many governments, institutions, and businesses at all levels and in all parts of the world, as well as the vast majority of us and even the organizations that are supposed to advocate for us are unprepared for the substantial challenges and unprecedented opportunities that lie ahead. Only then does one begin to understand that this confluence of factors represents either a recipe for disaster or fertile ground for a historic breakthrough.

Do Not Go Quietly weighs in on the side of those who believe that the time ahead will provide the fertile ground for breakthrough. It advances the proposition that many of us who are older GenXers (40 to 45), Boomers (46 to 64), and Elders (65+) not only have the opportunity but the time, resources, talent, and experience. And all of us have the need to revisit the values and priorities that have guided our individual lives. Through such an essential and periodic reassessment and in other important ways, we can contribute our wisdom and experience to help steer the ship of state onto a course that promises greater well-being, environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and financial stability for ourselves and those who come after us.

So if you fall within one of these demographic categories and are interested in living more consciously and aging wisely you are, as they say, on the right page at the right time.

If you are under 40 and want to better prepare for your own road ahead as well as to better understand the road your parents, older friends, and relatives may now be on then you have also come to the right place.

If you want to use the time you have remaining whether years or decades to make right your relationship with yourself and with others, if you want to connect with greater meaning, passion, and joy and, in the process, contribute to a more positive and compassionate future, then