“We all have two lives, the second one starts when we realize that we only have one.”
— Tom Hiddleston
About Samela
M. Samela Dingus is a speaker, producer, and writer, whose goal is to inspire, educate, and motivate multicultural individuals 55 years of age and older, to make a difference in their home, in their community, or in the world. Samela hopes to empower everyone, across generational and racial lines in a call to action to challenge the stereotypes of aging in the new millennium.
Creatively engaged most of her life, she has been an actor, dancer, choreographer, producer, and director. She has also been an executive, tutor, teacher, and transition coach. At 51, she earned her Master of Fine Arts Degree in Arts Administration. At 58, she was certified as a Profiting from your Passions Coach and at 61, she became a graduate of Visionary Business School. At 66, she became a grant and fundraising strategist.
In 2014, she joined the surging Boomer Generation and created this organization. She believes we have more to do and the time to do it.
5 Principals
These are Five Pillars of Wisdom that I have gained over the years that I want to share with you:
1
Age is just a number
2
You are never too old and it’s never too late to manifest some form of your dreams deferred.
3
Until you try, you don’t know what you can’t do.
4
We are here on purpose. It is important to look for the meaning in your life experience.
5
It is important to be vigilant about your health because our bodies are programmed for only two things; to either grow or decay.
Mindful Elders
I coined a new name for us olders…MELDERS
A Melder is a Mindful Elder – any individual previously identified as a retiree or Senior Citizen. That term, Senior Citizen, is heavy laden with negative connotations, visual misrepresentations, stigma, and prejudice. Melders have the time, talent, education, and experience to make a continuing contribution to their neighborhoods, communities, and the world!
Here we celebrate our successes, discover like-minded individuals, make connections, and discover new ways to be in a world where we are soon to be more than twenty percent (20%) of the population.