[Oe List ...] 75 Plus 15

[Mari Crocker]

Thank you, dear Judy, wise woman at the young age of 75.  You mentioned “delight” as one of your next 15 year goals.  May I recommend Ross Gay’s “The Book of Delights,” a collection of essays, written each day of one year, as a record of the “small joys/delights” experienced by the award winning poet, author teacher.  Marilyn

> On Jul 28, 2019, at 6:34 PM, Judi White via OE <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:
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> Having been breathing for 75 years, I stand ready to celebrate it all.
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> When I stood at the end of 25, I created a 20 year time line for my life's direction.
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> I did the same again at 45.
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> At 65, I was beginning to be aware that a day would come sooner than later when I will have breathed in a final breath.
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> So, it made sense at the time to create only a ten year timeline.
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> Upon reflection, I must admit that the last ten years has been chock full of lessons learned. More so, even than the first 65 all together.
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> I have been retired from a money making career for the past ten years.
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> I have not been tied to a rigid time frame, nor have I had to be somewhere.
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> All of life, every day has been totally up to me.
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> Time and space were according to my own volition, not driven by the need to make money to survive.
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> During this past ten years, and it has taken this long, I have been learning to free myself of living someone else's dream, accommodating them by what I do and when I do it.
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> In the past ten years, according to my timeline's guidance, my inner mind and heart have been connecting with Soul's purpose in a whole new way.
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> I am finally experiencing freedom. I listen to my intuitions and make decisions accordingly.
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> My sense of social responsibility is more closely aligned with listening to real needs.
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> My participation in responding to suffering is more realistically correlated to my age related abilities.
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> I now stand at the apex of this 75th year with the intention to compromise on the time span of a timeline. I may die on the way, but, Hey!, that's what ut's all about!
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> The next timeline, 15 years, will be a journey of developing the discipline of living fully in the present moment, right where I am. The "goals" will be filled with compassion and delight.
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> As I breathe in I am breathing a final breath on 75 years on earth.
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> As I breathe out I am breathing unto the first moment of the new timeline's essence.
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> Judi White, Crescent City, FL.
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