Aging Gracefully
Aging gracefully, what does that mean? What an interesting idea. I wonder if I can do that?
Birthday numbers seem to have a message in them. Until now I have pretty much ignored them, feeling great most of the time and being told by so many people that they are surprised when I tell them that I am 80 years old. They say they don’t believe me and that they thought I was about 65. Fun to hear, however, I have a daughter who is 55 so that is difficult to imagine. The other reason that is fun to tell people my age is that I had a mother who would never tell her age. For many years, Mom was always 39. And she left her body when she was 106 and 1/2. Maybe I am being bit rebellious, telling people how old I am.
So, what does it mean to age gracefully? Does someone know who has created this experience? I need inspiration and instructions! I realize that the most difficult challenge for many of us is the idea of letting go. Who wants to do that? Especially when it means letting go of a great life, coaching brilliant and exciting people who have enormous courage, capability and new ideas and are always creating new ways to serve others with a new business, or a way of being in the world. How do I give up that community, and no longer feel like I am being of service to others? I love being helpful, I thrive on being capable and useful.
When recently I had some health issues take up some of my time and energy, and slow me down somewhat, I have been wondering, what is happening? Visiting Doctors, spending a night in a Sleep Clinic, doing lab tests, and having an MRI. Does this mean I am getting old? Do I have to start acting my age? Most people think I have more energy than people ½ my age. Life has been so exciting.
And… I also like reading, and meditating. Maybe having more time for that would be interesting? Maybe I can read more of the books in my extensive library. Currently I look with curiosity when I see the tempting titles that look fascinating, and contain many ideas that will increase my awareness and feed my soul. Imagine having time to actually read more of them! And …maybe I can do more writing, having joined a very caring and insightful group of brilliant writers. I have been planning a second book for a long time. Maybe this means I will now have more time to drive and pick up my 8 year old granddaughter to and from school, and help her overworked Mom?
OH, and visit more often with my wonderful friends, and maybe even start my own coaching business with a focus on creating transformational conversations.
It seems that whatever my age, my life will be my creation, and sometimes intentional as I focus on tuning into my higher consciousness. Whatever I decide to focus on, whatever community I hang out with, when being on purpose I will be enjoying all the moments I have left on this planet. I may be realizing more about my own mortality, seeing each moment as valuable, always learning more from whatever happens next, and loving being here before I let go of this body. Since I now know that we are all pure energy, and energy cannot be destroyed, I can then beam up to the next vibrational experience.
My goal is to eventually become an angel so I can be very useful and of service to humans everywhere whenever they invite me to join with them, bringing the unconditional love of Universal Energy.
Aging is a subject that many people (including myself) find to be a scary experience. I am working on trusting the process and the experience of acceptance of this new part of life.
How do you feel about aging?