[Oe List ...] 75 Plus 15

[Judi White]

Thank you Marilyn. I have it downloaded on Kindie. I see he begins with a
birthday reflection on August 1st. Close enough! I have been practicing
gratitude. Adding delight to it makes for happiness! My memories of time
with you are delightful and life changing for which I will always be
grateful.

On Mon, Jul 29, 2019, 9:20 PM Mari Crocker <maricrocker at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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:
>
> Having been breathing for 75 years, I stand ready to celebrate it all.
>
> When I stood at the end of 25, I created a 20 year time line for my life's
> direction.
>
> I did the same again at 45.
>
> 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.
>
> So, it made sense at the time to create only a ten year timeline.
>
> 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.
>
> I have been retired from a money making career for the past ten years.
>
> I have not been tied to a rigid time frame, nor have I had to be somewhere.
>
> All of life, every day has been totally up to me.
>
> Time and space were according to my own volition, not driven by the need
> to make money to survive.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> I am finally experiencing freedom. I listen to my intuitions and make
> decisions accordingly.
>
> My sense of social responsibility is more closely aligned with listening
> to real needs.
>
> My participation in responding to suffering is more realistically
> correlated to my age related abilities.
>
> 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!
>
> 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.
>
> As I breathe in I am breathing a final breath on 75 years on earth.
> *As I breathe out I am breathing unto the first moment of the new
> timeline's essence.*
>
> *Judi White, Crescent City, FL.*
>
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