Our Monthly Spiritual Themes guide our Chalice Circles, which are small, intentional groups of members and friends that gather for spiritual enrichment through personal sharing. For more information on Chalice Circles, please email Linda Benson at chalicecircles@uuprinceton.org. Our Chalice Circle thoughts and questions around the theme of Aging this month are:

“If you are pining for youth I think it produces a stereotypical old man because you only live in memory, you live in a place that doesn’t exist. Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” – David Bowie

How have you evolved as you grow older? Would your younger self recognize who you are now? 

 

“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you was?” – Satchel Paige

Close your eyes and surrender all attachment to your physical age: How old are you now, in your mind? 

 

“Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the great mystery into which we were born.” – Albert Einstein

Has your sense of wonder endured as you age? Or have you decided to accept things as they seem? 

 

“When it comes to aging, we’re held to a different standard than men. Some guy said to me: ‘Don’t you think you’re too old to sing rock n’ roll?’ I said: ‘You’d better check with Mick Jagger’.” – Cher

Do you think that a gender bias exists regarding people’s reaction to age? Has anyone ever addressed you in a way that made you feel old?