WILDLY FREE ELDER
The Artistry of Aging
Category: Authenticity
The Courage to Follow Your Soul’s Calling
“Humanity often feels stuck to me, following the dictates of what is “right” or “wrong” within the mainstream cultural directives, present thinking, or others expectations, not realizing that we may be losing ourselves in the process and at the same time losing the earth’s diversity that we are an intimate interconnected part of…..”
Just Stop Running
“I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like if I hadn’t spent so much time trying to control the events of it. If I had stopped running away and instead ran towards the center of my being trusting life’s unfolding and synchronicity, and my own unique style of expression. If so much attention hadn’t given such importance to others opinions, demands and expectations….”
Surrendering Into the Dance of Life
“It happened in a state of complete surrender as my body fell backwards without any fear into the waiting arms of another behind me. Awakening from this dream of last night I was immediately immersed in memories of the many years I spent in the free form dance (ecstatic dance/contact improv/partner dance improv) communities of wherever I happened to be living.”
The Wisdom of Not Knowing
“As this year soon comes to an end we enter the holidays – a time of year that is ripe for magic, connection, laughter and play. If we could only let go of needing to “know”, embrace a genuine sense of uncertainty, and see through the eyes and perceptions of a child – or a dog….”
Elder Muse/Day 29: How Are You, Really?
“When something is out of balance whether in our bodies/minds/emotions, social injustice, or in our environment, the first remedies or solutions that come to mind are to treat the symptoms or to ignore it all together hoping it will simply go away…”
Elder Muse/Day14: Be Water, My Friend
“These days it seems to many of us that the world has “gone crazy”. We can hear about what is happening in seconds from across the planet through news sources that are most often based on assumptions that are not grounded, appealing to our human need for “survival at any cost”, and cloaked in fear.
I have been thinking recently that maybe now we just have a different kind of “crazy” with all of the technological “advances” that translate to being instantly connected on so many different levels. A very stressful “flight or fight” crazy.
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 #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….”
Telling the Truth….
“What would it be like if we told the truth of what it is like to fully be alive? The bare honest truth in any given moment. Not only to ourselves but to others who ask the question, “how are you today?”
Perhaps not all the time, but more often than we do now…..”
Day 26: Elder Muse – Live Life Fully – Dancing With Bread!
“As we come very close to ending this year of 2022 perhaps it is a time to reflect on whether we are living our lives fully. Not only having a positive impact on others lives and the natural world, but more importantly to living a free life on our own terms…..”
WILDLY FREE ELDER 