Workshop 5: Making Friends with Mortality Part of Hindsight, Humor, and Hope In This Section Introduction From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Today’s consumer-driven society wants adults to forget that aging is a natural process that can be navigated gracefully without plastic surgery and hair... Workshop-at-a-Glance From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity Minutes Lunch 20 Opening 5 Activity 1: Stretching 10 Activity 2: Sharing Journal Reflections 25 Activity 3: Beauty and a Mandala 20 Activity 4:... Materials From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Coffee, tea, and water service items Tissues (for participant use) Newsprint, markers, and tape Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED battery-operated... Preparation From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Arrange for coffee, tea, and water at the workshop.... Lunch From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 20 minutes Welcome participants as they arrive.... Opening From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 5 minutes Light the chalice and offer these words adapted from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry: In a house which becomes a home, one hands down... Activity 1: Stretching From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 10 minutes Lead the group in these exercises, adapted from the book Five Minute Massage by Robert Thé, demonstrating as you lead. Begin... Activity 2: Sharing Journal Reflections From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 25 minutes Invite participants to turn to their journal reflections, which they completed before the workshop, and respond to the questio... Activity 3: Beauty and a Mandala From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 20 minutes Introduce the activity with these or similar words: Buckminster Fuller, the inventor of the geodesic dome and other imaginativ... Activity 4: Five Wishes From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 25 minutes Introduce this activity, saying: While it can be difficult at any time to deal with end-of-life issues because they concern ou... For Next Time From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 5 minutes Tell participants that you will have a celebration at the final workshop and that lunchtime will be a little longer.... Closing From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope Activity time: 10 minutes Post the closing words so all can see them. Shuffle and set out Blessing Cards, text side down, and invite each participant to... Handout 1: Looking Ahead to Workshop 6 From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope On Aging When you see me sitting quietly, like a sack upon a shelf, Don’t think I need your chattering. I’m listening to myself. Hold! Stop! Don’t... PREVIOUS: Handout 1: Looking Ahead to Workshop 5 UP: Hindsight, Humor, and Hope NEXT: Introduction Download all of Hindsight, Humor an Hope (Word) (PDF) to edit or print.