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Where we are now, does not need to mean less than. Old. Too late. We bring a lifetime to where we are now. Sometimes that means we slow down a little, sometimes that means we are just getting started, sometimes it brings wisdom that makes for a new kind of strength.

Judgment is a given. It is what you do with it after it has raised its hackles that matters.

For all of the talk of "self love" and "self care" we throw around in our huggy "woke" culture, nothing seems to piss people off more than someone who actually does love themselves.

How do we be our most integrous selves, while not gilding over the more prickly aspects of who we are? How do we hold ourselves and our loved ones accountable for their actions, deeds and words? How do we not fake perfection in the hopes of fooling someone into loving us?

The Not Creepy Gathering (NCG) takes the speed-dating premise, but sees it through a more poetic and artistic lens. The evening engages participants in stream-of-consciousness writing exercises and gives prompt questions presented as topics for small groups (which gradually become whispered stories one-on-one).

We've been sold a bill of goods recently about saying "yes." Just do it. Be adventurous. Have the experiences. Say "yes!" to life. Carpe blah, blah, blah.