It’s Never Too Late, Our 8th Anniversary, Episode 417
It's never too late to look at our lives, to set out on a new path, to begin the difficult and necessary and life-giving work of changing course, of learning how to bring ourselves in a way that deepens our depth, courage, love, kindness, truthfulness and contribution. It's never too late to learn something, to teach something. It's never too late to live - even in the very last moments of our lives.
This conversation, marking the 8th anniversary of Turning Towards Life, takes us into an exploration of who we can be to one another, especially when we pay attention, when we remember our capacities to make worlds together, and when we commit to listen to one another with kindness, truthfulness, openness and care.
This week’s conversation is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
Episode Overview
00:00 Celebrating Eight Years of Turning Towards Life
05:48 Introducing the Source: Harold Schulweis
11:57 Personal Reflections on Change and Growth
17:47 The Power of Openness and Change
24:08 The Importance of Dialogue and Disagreement
29:52 Creating a World of Connection and Kindness
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Here’s our source for this week:
It’s never too late
The last word has not been spoken
the last sentence has not been writ
the final verdict is not in.
It's never too late
to change my mind
my direction
to say 'no' to the past
and 'yes' to the future
to offer remorse
to ask and give forgiveness.
It is never too late
to start all over again
to feel again
to love again
to hope again.
It is never too late
to overcome despair
to turn sorrow into resolve
and pain into purpose.
It is never too late to alter my world
not by magic incantations
or manipulations of the cards
or deciphering the stars
but by opening myself
to curative forces buried within
to hidden energies
the powers in my interior self.
In sickness and in dying,
it is never too late.
Living, I teach
Dying, I teach
how to face pain and fear.
Others observe me, children, adults,
students of life and death
learn from my bearing, my posture,
my philosophy.
It is never too late -
Some word of mine,
some touch, some caress may be remembered
some gesture may play a role beyond the last
movement of my head and hand.
Write it on my epitaph
that my loved ones be consoled.
It is never too late.
Harold Shulweis
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