Don't Just
Don't just learn, experience.
Don't just read, absorb.
Don't just change, transform.
Don't just relate, advocate.
Don't just promise, prove.
Don't just criticize, encourage.
Don't just think, ponder.
Don't just take, give.
Don't just see, feel.
Don’t just dream, do.
Don't just hear, listen.
Don't just talk, act.
Don't just tell, show.
Don't just exist, live.”
― The Light in the Heart
It would easy for some to age and, as a senior, simply Be. Physically, we are weaker, slower, our balance is poor, and our energy level is less and less. Our mind may not as sharp as it was even a few years ago. Our emotions can be either numbed or they are stuck in a less than favorable mood. Our spirit can simply be too tired to expand and fill in spaces that are left by aging. It could be way too easy to just sink into a type of lethargy and not seek adventure, awe and amazement any more.
It takes a great deal of thought, gumption, and problem solving, to find alternative ways to do what it is we wish to do. It is easy to get frustrated. Every time I drop things, I lose balance, I cannot remember a word, I get frustrated with myself. There are usually bad words to follow. I get frustrated with self more than frustrated with life as an aging woman.
As a culture, we do not prepare our middle-aged women for their senior years. Age is vilified and so little is said about the struggles it is to live with a youthful soul within an aging body. The Red Tent importance to ancient cultures is long lost. I believe we must revive the concept for the next generation behind us.
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