Who says retirement is a cakewalk. I think you have to ease into it because if your blast into it as I did, it takes at least six months to come up for air. It zapped me of energy as I crashed head on into the millions of things that one can do when there is more time. I was exhausted just imagining all that I could do! And most stayed right there in my mind. Until now.
Now, all the imaging and training and meditating has produced something tangible and exciting. I am alive again with so much mental energy that it is hard to step down to breathe. I have to play that meditative music to slow down those ideas and put them to paper.
Life can seem so complex. I used to feel guilty for sitting and staring out the window. Or for wanting to nap. Now it is the only way to slow down and it is worth it. I am worth it!
Spring here in White Salmon has been bliss!! Every single flower is blasting to show off its outstanding glory. All the bright new leaves are a flutter with excitement to be able to be born again. The red leaves, too!
Life is stunning! As I ground myself every morning into the earth (I imagine I am attached to the earth by a root system burrowed deep) I feel my strength and love for this great world I life and work in deep in my heart. I am so Blessed!! Not because my life is any less complicated than anothers, but, because I appreciate every little thing. The tinkle of the chimes outside my windows, the wind blowing fiercely through the red oak across the road, the sunlight, the blue sky and my hands and eyes and electricity. Oh and my favorite -HOT WATER FROM A SPICKET!
We are the lucky ones! I am so blessed, grateful and humbled!!
And so it is!!
