WILDLY FREE ELDER
The Artistry of Aging
Tag: Reflections of Life
When We Look – Paying Attention
“Paying attention can be devastating, especially now with the world as fractured as it is. We would rather look away from the things that break our heart or the challenges that may have life threatening or altering effects. Or even from paying full attention to someone we love and care about, both of us being uncomfortable that we may be fully seen….”
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/Day 26 : Time To Immerse – A Return to Nature
“As I was delivered onto the soft sandy shore feelings of awe and wonder overtook me in recognition that these moments were gifted to me. A reminder never to forget the ground of my being, peace of mind, and open heart are always intimately connected with the wildness and rhythms of the natural world.”
Elder Muse/Day 25: The Importance of Feeling Seen
“What if every time we went out into the world we saw everyone we came in contact with, even passing by, as an opportunity to connect?
Actually this is our superpower, and also a powerful remedy for what ails our world right now.”
Elder Muse/Day 16: (RE)CONNECT to Wild Places
“The healing, soothing, and peace of mind that comes from being out in nature, in the wild, or even just in your garden. It is a primal feeling of coming back to who we are, to reconnect to the soul of our being and what we are made of. Returning to the rhythms of nature, the cycles of the seasons, the circles of life…. “
Elder Muse/Day 13: If I Only Surrender
“Grief and loss has followed me around throughout this lifetime knocking on my heart to surrender. There seemed to always be reasons why I wouldn’t give in fully to it. Excuses that I had to take care of others, earn a living, be responsible….and never give in fully to it.
As if when I did I would be scattered into pieces and blow away. Of no use to myself or others….”
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 #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.”
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.”