The Jubilados Manifesto: A Guide to Living a Jubilant Life.
Ju-bi-la-dos, pronounced [hoo-be-lah’-dos], the common term used in Spanish-speaking countries for retirees, literally means, “the jubilant ones,” or, “the ones feeling or expressing great joy.” noun; retirees, senior citizens, elders (United States), pensioners (British); masculine (jubilado); or feminine (jubilada). Origin: <Latin jubilare, or iubilare, 1. to sing or shout for joy; 2. To celebrate a joyful occasion; rejoice; exult.

The Jubilados Manifesto: A Guide to Living a Jubilant Life
The Complete Field Guide, Instruction Manual, and Primer on the Rights, Privileges, Responsibilities, Traditions, Etiquette, Dress Codes, and other Information Essential to Being and Becoming a Truly Fabulous Jubilada or Jubilado


We hold these Truths to be self-evident:

1. “In the beginning was the word, and the word was… Jubilados!”
–Jehovah

2. “There is nothing so powerful as a Jubilada whose time has come.”
–Victor Hugo

3. “Blessed are the Jubilados, for they bless us all.”
–The Bible

4. “A Jubilado growing old becomes a child again.”
–Sophocles

5. “A Jubilado is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday
but never remembers her age.”
–Robert Frost

6. “All mankind is one–Jubilados in every country are members of one
and the same family.”
–HH the Dalai Lama

7. “Jubilados who have no vices have very few virtues.”
–Abraham Lincoln

8. “Never doubt that a small group of committed Jubilados can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”
–Margaret Mead

9. “Jubilados are everywhere a welcome guest.”
–Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10. “Once upon a time, long, long ago, in a land far, far away,
there lived a Jubilado…”
–The Brothers Grimm

11. “Jubilados awaken the soul to act.”
–Dante Alighieri

12. “Jubilados should either be a work of art,
or wear a work of art.”
–Oscar Wilde

13. “The years teach much to Jubilados
which the days never know.”
–Ralph Waldo Emerson

14. “Jubilados know the difference between the right word and the almost right word. It’s the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
–Mark Twain

15. “Jubilado, know thyself.”
–The Guardian of the Threshold

Please send us your field notes, anecdotes, illustrations, observations, interpretations and definitions of what it means to be a Jubilada or a Jubilado. Send them to: info@jubilados.us
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