I’m having a hard time.

So my friends, in complete honesty, I’ve not known what to say these last few months. So I’ve said very little. Instead, I’ve been watching, reading, being regrouping.

And I’m OK with that.

There was a time in my 30’s-40’s when I was living the competitive business & lifestyle; I couldn’t be comfortable with just being “OK.”
(Nor would my clients, employees, friends, and family be comfortable either.)

Yet I find I still feel like I need to explain myself.

It’s difficult to change deep cultural or learned behaviors/beliefs, especially when you’ve created your entire life’s definition of success on them.

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These days it’s even more uncomfortable & challenging not to know what’s next, have a solution, have a goal, or even a bread crumb of a direction to go in.

Life is feeling very unanchored.

…But maybe this is precisely what we’re meant to learn in this pause.

YET We RESIST! Even knowing confusion, setbacks, changes, feeling bad & good are all a part of everyday-reality. Life is rarely predictable or steady for very long.

If all our years left on this planet had one accumulative voice, I believe it would be SHOUTING at us ALL to get this, FINALLY & move on with living the life we have!…

I’ve come to understand in these times that the sensation of feeling “LOST” is just my mind and body asking me to STOP & process what is going on in Real-Time.

And that Real-Time maybe… weeks, months, and as it looks, all of 2020 &+!

Are we ever going to figure this thing out? 
We may never know the TRUTH anyway …or anytime soon? Can you & I live with that? Can we continue to create a life worth living right now without a plan?

“Shed yourself of all that’s not aligned with the truth of YOU! … And if all goes to the divine plan, you will be unrecognizable on the other side of this FIRE– That’s what happens on the other side of Phoenix Rising.”
~Danielle Laporte

 

Our position in society is needed now more than ever. As a viable part & in the fabric of our culture!

I talked to my 20 something nephew the other day, and he so wants to hear from me, from us, from our generation and, in some way, feel, “It’s all going to be alright,” as told to him by a wise soul.

The place around the fire was where we had that power to share & promise in ancient days, where we shared our lived knowledge and created a place for the younger members of the tribe to learn, think, be, and hold. To grow feeling like they belong, they are safe & appreciated in their gifts & place in society.

Have we been shut-up, & scared off from sharing our gifts by our society’s belief of our worth in this role? Retreating to stay hidden away rather than draw attention and be rejected again?

Maybe we can start by getting clear & asking; Who are we? Who are we without all the things we typically have access to now? Who are we without your job, less money, less health, relationships, smartphones, technology, the internet, supplements, and injections?

Who are we without fear, anxiety, in love, hope, appreciation, in prayer, meditation, and gratitude? Who better to share these truths than you and me to our youth?

Show up for the opportunity in what’s happening now. I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.

BELIEVE you have enough to say, to stumble over and share with the youth in your family, your community.

Women of our beautiful age, I believe, are being called to come back to our place of wisdom around The Circle. Called to share, in society, our knowledge, compassion, and alchemistic abilities in our experience & long perspective. Let’s say, yes!

So this is how I’ve been doing my human-ing, creating, & crafting my passion these DAYS! I am sure it’s going to look different from how it did before, but I’m trusting it has the potential to be better with our help.

How are you, my friends?
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