Dear Friends,
A friend of mine gave me a card for my 40th birthday. It has been one of my favorite cards and it still sits on my book shelf. It reads, “I don’t believe in aging, I believe in forever altering one’s aspect to the sun”. It has caused me often to wonder about this issue of aging and people’s fears and belief systems around it. I am a person who likes to go beyond the collective consciousness to discover new pathways and new realities. So this quote about not believing in aging, struck a cord deep in me. When I contemplate on the reality that there is no past, or future that all is the present, a present given to each one of us to embrace with hope and optimism or squander with negativity and pessimism, it adds a new dimension to the aging issue that so many people struggle with on a day to day basis.
I have asked myself, “what does it mean to alter one’s aspect to the sun?” I couldn’t’ quite figure that one out for some reason, it left me puzzled. So I decided to just take the word sun, and look at this metaphorically. To me, the sun represents heat, passion, vibrancy, aliveness, brightness, clarity, life! So perhaps, altering oneself to the sun, is about altering one’s aspect to all of these things. So the new question becomes, “am I connected to my own heat, passion, aliveness, and clarity, or am I living in the shadows of dullness, apathy and boredom?”
I know when I am in connection with these aspects of myself that represent the sun, I feel youthful, hopeful, energetic. In contrast to when I am in the shadows and boredom settles in, I feel older, restless, and sleepy at the same time. There are many theories as to why aging settles into our cells. I believe that every part of our being represents the whole, the cosmos, the heaven and the earth, the universal consciousness. And in following this line of belief, I believe that our cells, if aligned with the sun, will be vibrant, alive, bright, clear. In other words, young! If my cells are aligned with dullness, boredom, apathy, hopelessness, than they grow old, the energy of life of the sun removed from them.
Recently, I brought home a 7 week old puppy who I named Willy. If you are ever feeling bored or apathetic about life, then a puppy is just the antidote. But you have to be ready for a wild ride for a while! This sweet being has grown twice his size in 1 month! Yikes. I know his stem cells are flowing freely creating his new body within every moment. I wasn’t sure I was ready to have a new puppy in my life and had been contemplating it for awhile. I knew I had to be ready to get up at least a couple times a night for a while to accommodate his baby bladder. However, being with him, interacting with him day or night is such joy! I literally feel myself growing younger as I giggle watching his antics even at 4 am. His attention span is so short and sometimes my patience as well at 4 am. He will start to go potty but then sees a bug, a leaf, a stick that is oh so much more important than whatever he was doing the moment before, such as going to the bathroom!
At 4 am, I sigh and decide that I chose this puppy ride so I might as well enjoy it. I am finding myself listening to the birds as they come awake after a night of slumber. I feel the breeze on my skin and smile as the puppy finds yet another thing to draw his attention! His being is pure joy, unfettered by the troubles of life. He has a great beginning and hopefully this will help keep him young even as he grows in years. He is a very good reminder to me every day to remember to enjoy the little things in life. Sometimes the bladder can wait as I observe a hummingbird in my feeder. Perhaps, the vacuuming can wait as I go for a walk and enjoy the sun on my face. The things that keep us young are the joys we find in each moment that draw our attention. It could be a shimmery leaf, a sparkly rock, or a soft feather. This morning when I took out my sweet boy at 4:30 am, I found a hawk feather. I forgot about him for a moment as I delighted in this beautiful gift. My little boy was fine. He was off finding his own goodies!
My wish for you dear friends, is that your consciousness becomes like a puppy, enjoying each new sparkly moment as it presents itself to you. And may you stay forever young as this joy of being regenerates and rejuvenates your being; body, mind and spirit! Appreciating each special moment is when life becomes more beautiful and the ordinary becomes extraordinary!
Namaste,
Rosemary Veilleux