09/17/2024
I finished a 7 week coaching session with an 80 year old woman who is lamenting her life as she deals with the physical limitations her body is manifesting and the depression of feeling she is no longer a useful human being because she cannot keep DOING. This woman shared with me her life story of incredible resilience, self-determination, and a just generally being an all round badass, breaking through cultural norms, patriarchy, mysogny to accomplish great things. She was lucky to eventually marry a man who was her equal and supported her in everything and still supports her now. She spent her life playing small because that's what she had to do to survive and, yet, she still managed to accommplish things. She spent her life having people be afraid of her innate power and, because they felt threatened, they did everything they could to shut her down. And now, she's so shut down, her body is making her rest. She's SOUL tired. I am 62 years old. I recently had to come to terms with being SOUL tired. To recognize that resting - literally doing nothing - is actually doing something. Every day I have to say to myself that I am recharging my batteries so that I am prepared for the next evolution of my life. As I get better at doing this, the little synchronicities has started to show up. I am finally understanding how to receive the abundance and prosperity the Universe that has been waiting to give me. This woman helped me see into the future. What do I want my 80's to look like? Do I want to lament and not appreciate my accomplishments, beat myself up for not doing more? Or can I start now to acknowledge that I've accomplished a lot, I've done what was mine to do and I was good at it? I could not have done more because those resources and energy weren't there. I did better when I knew better. By the time I'm in my 80's, it will be the new 60's. I want my last years to be joyful and active. I better start now. (AI generated art)
