CAROL RYFF, an academic professor and researcher (University of Wisconsin-Madison) is one of the most influential explorers in the field of “positive psychology.” Dr. When suddenly I’m old, and start to wear purple.ģ) DR. So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised We must have friends to dinner and read the papers,īut maybe I ought to practice a little now? You can wear terrible skirts and grow more fatĪnd hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.īut now we must have clothes that keep us dryĪnd pay our rent and not swear in the street I shall go out in my slippers in the rainĪnd pick the flowers in other people’s garden I shall sit down on the pavement when I’m tiredĪnd gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bellsĪnd run my stick along the public railingsĪnd make up for the sobriety of my youth. With a red hat which doesn’t go and doesn’t suit me.Īnd I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer glovesĪnd satin sandals and say we have no money for butter. When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple EXPLORER included the poem, “Warning,” by British poet, Jenny Joseph: Accompanying the red hat gift, the S.U.N.S.
The Red Hatters host tea parties, play games, raise hell in taverns, go to lively entertainments and clamor to hoot and holler at their annual, circus-y RHS conventions.Ĭalifornia artist Sue Ellen Cooper accidentally launched this exploration of “50+ joy” when she bought a red hat on a trip to Tucson, and then another which she gave as a birthday gift to joyously aging friend. The far-from-shrinking violets wear purple outfits, red hats and layer on more attention-getting accessories like feather boas and LED jewelry. Maslow immediately linked to The Red Hat Society.) Internationally, there are more than 25,000 Red Had Society members. (Note: This may be the first roster of “joy champions” which has Dr. “Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”Ģ) THE RED HAT SOCIETY explores how women 50+ can add more smiles, joy and laughter to their lives. “A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. If you plan on being anything less than you are capable of being, you will probably be unhappy all the days of your life.” “You must want to be first-class…meaning the best. “The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy.” Make the growth choice a dozen times a day.” “You will either step forward into growth, or you will step back into safety. “Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs” ascends from physical necessities to safety, love/belong, esteem/achievement and ultimately to morality/creativity-self-actualization. EXPLORERS that I’ve found inspiring include these 10, among many:ġ) ABRAHAM MASLOW, an American psychologist, explored the importance of focusing on the positive aspects of people, instead of treating them as a “bag of symptoms.” He is best known for creating a theory that psychological health is based on fulfilling innate human needs in a stair-stepping priority, these peaking with self-actualization. Forget about Palm Beach legend has it, the Native Floridians told the Spanish explorer that the “Fountain of Youth” was at Bimini in The Bahamas. Think of Estee’ Lauder “Youth Dew” working from the inside out. He traveled to Florida on his search for a youth-restoring tonic popularly promising to reverse the aging process. The most prominent of the explorers for the “Fountain of Youth,” was Ponce de Leon, the first governor of Puerto Rico, a sort of 16 th century gerontology researcher. Talk of such a font has been explored around the globe for thousands of years and appeared in the writings of the Greek historian, Herodotus, 500 years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. “The Fountain of Youth” is a mythical spring alleged to restore the youthful happiness and contentment of anyone who drinks or bathes in its waters. (Smile-Making, Uniting, Neighboring, Spellbinding) Joyous Aging System.”
EXPLORERS is an honorific I’m applying to those gerontologists, psychologists and pop culture “joy adventurers” I’ve studied to provide a foundation for “The S.U.N.S. As we raise flutes of Prosecco and chow down on veal pizza (recipe below), I’m thinking not only of the great, Italian navigator, Cristoforo Columbo, and his Spanish “GoFundMe” campaigns but also of the many and diverse, bold, determined explorers who have led searches for the “Fountains of Youthful Aging.” “ The JOYrontologist” is saluting joy-seeking explorers this Columbus Day holiday.
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