Two great truths struck me over the past month, two truths that feel like they capture what everyone faces as we age, especially if we reach a great age, with all the challenges that brings ~ ~ If our lives are rooted in a search for meaning, how does it affect us when what once defined meaning to us is no longer? ~ and ~ Is there one thing above all others that we are called to do, whatever our age or circumstances?
Am pondering that first one - how does an elderly person redefine their definition of meaning without feeling less? Because "less" is an illusion - they are different, themselves redefined. What is that redefinition and how can they embrace it?
In response to the second question, it feels to me like we are all asked - at every age, under every circumstance - to live a life of gratitude. Mentioned that yesterday in passing to a grannie client, who grumbled that she didn't find much in her present moment that brought her a genuine sense of gratitude.
Which leads me to yet another question to ponder ~ If we are called to live a life of gratitude, what does that look like, feel like? And THAT question is not so easy to answer! But I'm thinking on it!
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