Loving Through Our Age.
Today I celebrate another day here on this earth as well as my last year of being in my 40’s. Grateful doesn’t even begin to describe how I feel in this moment, so many emotions and so much love. I live with no age, because it is just a number, it doesn’t define me or limit me, it is just a blessing for another year, month, day, and moment I get to spend here.
Every year of life brings change, some are amazing and others not so amazing, but in each of them there is an opportunity to love. I think about the last 9 years of my life and the amazing transformation that has happened within me. Saying goodbye to souls who I loved dearly, leaving a marriage that I never thought I could, but with all that sadness came light. I got to live on my very own for the very first time in my life, made decisions on my own, and learned to love myself and others in a new wayI never knew I could. Yes at age 44 I finally lived on my own! Age does not matter! Age has become something of a death sentence as our numbers climb. My daughter said to me the other day, “Your life is half over”, I laughed and thought, I will be blessed to have another 50 years!
I think about when we are young and all we wanted was to be older and when we get older we wish we were younger. I believe we all need to find our child spirit again, because that is the fountain of youth. It is where our dreams, passion and pure joy of life is at. I remember coloring my mom’s hair when she was 39, thinking to myself she is so old. And at the age of 40 I started coloring my grays away, but for the last 6 months I stopped. I decided this is me, this is the process, so I am just embracing it with confidence and love. It doesn’t matter if we have wrinkles, grays, or things are sagging south! What matters is loving who we are in every single moment, day, month and year we get to be here.
Age has been defined in this culture in the most horrible ways I believe. We are defined by our minds, bodies and not our souls, our love. Some of the most amazing people I know and have known have been treated unfairly because they are deemed old, that they served their purpose and now do not have one. What I know is with age comes wisdom, stories and memories that helped shaped our world. Stories that carry love and joy and stories that bring us lessons.
No one knows when our story will end, but that is the beauty of life, that is our lesson to live each day with love, to say I am sorry, to forgive, to hug, to kiss, to cherish all that we have and not dwell on what we don’t. Each year, each moment we can change our lives, age doesn’t stop that, we do. So remember today and everyday to love like it is your last. Wake up each day with your child spirit and believe anything is possible, because it is. We live in a magical place, we are the magic! XO-Rach