WILDLY FREE ELDER
The Artistry of Aging
Category: Artistry of Aging
Elder Muse/Day 12: Changing the Story
“These days it is easy to move into despair. A grief so profound that the natural world we grew up in appears to be headed for extinction. This binds us all.
Yet, what would it be like to change the story, the conversation, we are all creating and having. That we agree we choose our future through our powerful mindsets and imaginations, co-creating together.”
Elder Muse/Day 11: The Beauty of Enough
“The ordinary beauty of Loving and being kind to oneself – surely it is enough for those of us who live privileged lives.”
Elder Muse/Day 9: Life Is A Gift
“As we age and enter the elder years we may forget that each day of life is indeed a gift. At times, because of physical, emotional, mental or other challenges woven into the aging process, it may be difficult to feel this.”
Elder Muse/Day 8: Art Is….
“Why do we so often feel that being an artist takes particular skills when in actuality it is diving into the very heart of living moment to moment. The challenges we face and the darkness of humanity at its worst is part of that.”
Elder Muse/Day #6: “Softening The Clenched Fist”
“The letter below touched me deeply this morning as many of the On Being offerings do. It felt timely to share this. I trust that you will pass it on to others to encourage listening in on future and past global conversations plus serving as a catalyst for our own explorations….”
Elder Muse/Day #5: Making Peace With Silence
“Perhaps silence is the guide we are looking for to expand beyond the fear and feeling of overwhelm…..into trust.”
Elder Muse/Day #4: Be The Source of Laughter
“In the last few years I consciously decided to go out into the world with intentions. They are to be kind, to listen giving my full attention even if I might not agree, to notice the beauty in the ordinary, to extend compassion, and to be the source of laughter. These seemingly simple intentions create….”
Elder Muse/Day #3: Wayfinder
“What better example of a “Wayfinder” than this “mycorrhizal network” connecting individual plants and trees together to transfer water, nitrogen, carbon and other minerals. Indeed a harmonious, cooperative, creative and sustainable network that operates from an ancient biological blueprint. Here the older, taller individuals – elders – take care of the youngsters and those who need additional support.”
Only Inhale and Exhale
“How do you let go?
…into those moments of “only now” residing in each inhale and exhale while embracing the texture, beauty and challenges of those experiences. An extraordinary acceptance of what is unfolding within the human journey – all of it. Can we face whatever is momentarily taking our attention, and not fight it?…”
Living Each Day As Your First
“Some days it feels like an endless litany of new challenges to face being in an aging body. Yet living as if it is our first day of the rest of our lives can shift our attention to the childlike qualities of wonder, awe, play, creativity and curiosity.”
WILDLY FREE ELDER 