“The grace to live with an inner sense of delight.”

I am pleased to share this intimate discussion with my cousin, Kelly Walker. If ever there were a person to speak with about the fragile but necessarily formative transitions that happen in our lives, that require both trust and love of the self and others, it is Kelly.

Kelly and I share a purpose in life; helping liberate people and transforming institutions. In our discussion, Kelly shares the wisdom of living life as a celebration. At 79, he is living as a happy elder who accepts himself as (his words) both ‘old’ and ‘older.’ We look back at his rich life and experiences, including,

• Facing the possibility of death and surviving cancer, twice;
• His 20 years spent in a Dominican monastery and acting as Prior across Canada;
• Experiencing severe burnout to the extent his doctors told him he would have to leave the priesthood if he wanted to live;
• How we came to know we are related and our intergenerational friendship of almost 45 years;
• Getting straight-married after leaving the Dominicans, coming out, and then getting gay-married;
• His life-long sense of delight in life, living, and celebration;
• Being 79, sexually interesting, interested, and always exploring new ways to play at life, and;
• The three conversions we need to make as humans if we are to survive and thrive as a species.

“I’ve got more depth to me because I almost died, again.”

Read Kelly’s full bio in the expanded show notes here.

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