Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Zalman, 24
schedules, freedom, 5
security, source of, 111–113
Seger, Bob, "Lean and Solid Everywhere-Like a Rock", 118
self-renewal, deep, 118
Seybold, Alice, The Lovely Bones, 120–121
Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, 94–96
Shapiro, Alvin P., 93–96
Shapiro, David A.
about, 143–144
acquiring new skills, 91–92
communicating with past generations, 120
dream of death, 8–9
Great American Think-Off, 88–89
journal entry, 133–134
personal purpose, 124
seeking youth, 80–82
teaching high school philosophy, 73–75
tied-for-third Greatest Thinker in America, 35–36
Trisket incident story, 39–42
Shapiro, Ruth, 47–49
sharing
gifts, 115
passion, 69–70
power, 4
Shaw, George Bernard, 125
silence, need for, 26–28
skills, acquiring new, 92–93
Socrates
students of, 82
wisdom, 4
speaking, responsibility of new elders, 128–129
spirit, breath, 97
spirituality, exploring our, 121
stagnation, antidote for, 19
statement, of personal purpose, 123–125
Steiner, Rudolph, 55
stories
acquiring new skills, 91–93
dream of death, 8–9
elderstories, 33–36
Great American Think-Off competition, 88–89
hunter-gatherers, 28–29
recalling your, 39–43, 137
rewriting the second half, 17–19
seeking youth, 80–82
teaching high school philosophy, 73–75
The Gift of the Honey Guide, x-xi
Trisket incident, 40–42
universal, 127–128
walking in the Serengeti, 25–28
walking safari in Tanzania, ix-xv
Strozzi Institute, 14–16
survival
migrations, 49–52
stories, 28
Suzuki, David and Peter Knudtson, Wisdom of the Elders, 30–31