By 
Barbara Jorgen Nance
Being young while old. Instructions to self. 1. Set aside all “Cry Me A River” dramas. 2. Remove the blindfolds from your feet (your shoes). 3. Relax and ponder everything and anything under the sun while sipping tea in your favorite chair. Ready, set, relax.
Life doesn’t come with a manual, so we each must write our own. Along the pathway we make many discoveries. People don’t come equipped with a far-seeing milky eye into the future, like in fairy tales, so it is helpful to pass along information to each other. We can warn of pitfalls and share the path strewn with glittering joy. Those folks can in turn pass along warnings as well.
The author Dr.Clarrissa Pinkola Estes wrote: “Learn to be old while young and young when old."How does one live backward and forward in time simultaneously? How does one be old in wisdom when young and young in heart and spirit when old? Mystery or not? What would you say? I’d be inclined to say that we each might find some enriching answers to the mystery if we just slowed down and took time to ponder and relax.
The fast-paced world of today keeps traveling faster and that’s a bit out of our control. It is our choice as to whether or not we put on running shoes and join the race or relax with pondering poets where we become open to inspiration. Now, this is just my opinion, but I don’t want to miss a miracle. I don’t want to be so busy that I miss my own epiphany of something, of anything at all. Silly as it sounds, maybe relaxing more as I’m older now will help my endeavor to be young while old? What do you think?
I’ve wondered if there might be a wrinkle in time or a crack in the world where some of us might fall in and never complete our destiny? What is our destiny? If we pay close attention, will we get a glimpse of our destiny out of the corner of our eye? If we are still frantically lacing up our running shoes to join the rat race, I have a feeling we’ll miss the bigger picture. Again, this is just my opinion.
Ready, set, relax, relax, relax. Only when I untie the running shoes do I feel a freedom. Maybe I can develop a far-seeing milky eye as in the fairy tales. I’m older, wiser and have already experienced being young once. Why can’t I be young while being old? Of course I can! Do you realize how much valuable information is at your fingertips if you just relax and ponder! Ready, set, relax!
I’ll have to report back to you on the development of a far-seeing milky eye, as in the fairy tales. I believe anything is possible! What do you think?
