WILDLY FREE ELDER
The Artistry of Aging
Tag: Elder Wisdom
Elder Muse/Day 28: The Miracle of Mindfulness
“Mindfulness in the breadth of its practice could be one of the most important tools we have for the art of being peace in a chaotic world. Attention to the present moment as a way of life – attentive living – shows us our own ungrounded perceptions and old patterns of being that harm self and others. Then there is the opportunity to change them.”
Elder Muse/Day 27: To Be In Awe
“Reclaiming our sense of wonder in the everyday, ordinary moments of life” is something that often happens to us as we reach elderhood. Capturing that sense of awe that was a given for many of us when we were a child is now our precious gift in the latter years of life.
Elder Muse/Day 21: The Light of the Universe
“”You do not belong to you. You belong to the universe. The significance of you will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume you are fulfilling your significance if you apply yourself to converting all your experience to the highest advantage of others.”Buckminister Fuller
Elder Muse/Day 19: A Village of Elders
“Throughout most of my life the elders in my village were honored and respected. Without them the community would not have substance or grounding. Vision or wisdom. Rites of passage for the young, or awareness of the life beyond this one.
We were the chosen ones….”
Elder Muse/Day 17: A Few Words On Aging
“Being an Elder is not defined by age, but rather Elders are recognized because they have earned the respect of their community through wisdom and actions or their teachings; through the vibrancy that radiates out from their presence and the unique artistry that only they can bring into the world.
Let us return to acknowledging elders in the fullest sense of the powerful presence they can be and are becoming. Respecting the life artistry that has been necessary to bring them to where they are today.”
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 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 10: Our Choices Matter – Eating for Tomorrow
“I invite you to watch the film “Eating For Tomorrow” by clicking on the link below. It has many heart breaking scenes and science based facts in it, much I knew but did not know the full extent of. It is an environmental film about solutions and has won much recognition. “
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.”
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