WILDLY FREE ELDER
The Artistry of Aging
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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 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 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.”
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 7: A Wild Soul
“As I walked with a friends black lab in the early morning dew and birdsong, surrounded by trees and mountains, I was at one. A gentle reminder that we are nature, made of the same ingredients….inseparable.
How can we not celebrate this wild untamed interconnection?!”
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.”
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