I just celebrated one of those Big 0 birthdays the latter part of February. I have been here now for 60 years, and frankly it is totally mind-boggling. It has led to some deeper thoughts and questions, hence the following quote, which I love:
Vulnerability
"The only choice we have as we mature is how we inhabit our
vulnerability; how we become larger and more courageous and more
compassionate through our intimacy with disappearance, our choice is to
inhabit vulnerability as generous citizens of loss, robustly and
fully, or conversely, as misers and complainers, reluctant and
fearful, always at the gates of existence, but never bravely and
completely attempting to enter, never wanting to risk ourselves,
never walking fully through the door."
David Whyte Consolations
The Threadcatcher--Life's Journey -- Birds Blooms Fabric Wienie Dogs, etc. Ship's Landing...
5 comments:
Great quotation. I will be there in a couple of years, and as I have watched my parent and in-laws age I have seen both sides of it. Learning life lessons I hope I remember when I get to that stage. : )
Past that decade on the way to the next. It is challenging but we must learn to embrace change and compromise.
Vulnerability is such a fascinating subject...to be that with dignity is a win! Hugs and happy birthday!
Congratulations, you made it and are still going forward one year at a time! Stay open, stay vulnerable...that's the secret to an open and loving heart..which I know yours truly is!
PS Hadn't known about David Whyte until he popped up via a little Wind Thread. Do you visit her blog, too? Love it, the quote, and you!
LOVE this quote! And like Michele said.. I, too, think it was grace at windthread who introduced me to David Whyte... anyway this is sums up the growing-older state so perfectly...thank you for posting
Congrats on the Big Six-Oh!
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