[Oe List ...] 75 Plus 15

[Judi White]

I see beauty in your artform of life's journey. Will move in that direction
of expression during the next span. Thank you, Rod.

On Sun, Jul 28, 2019, 11:31 PM Rod Rippel <rodrippel at cox.net> wrote:

> Judi,  For my 80th I created and constructed an art form of 4 life times
> on a 3x6 foot format with appropriate pictures, drawings, photos and
> symbols to represent 4 twenty-year lives.  It was quite an exercize.
>     Now as I approach my 85th I so appreciate you words and reflections
> more than I can express.
>
> Rod Rippel
>
> *From:* Judi White via OE
> *Sent:* Sunday, July 28, 2019 3:34 PM
> *To:* Order Ecumenical Community
> *Cc:* Judi White
> *Subject:* [Oe List ...] 75 Plus 15
>
>
> 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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