That quote is holding me right now. Let love in so it can take shape, transform and heal. It's just so simple, and so beautiful.
I've been reflecting recently on where I am in my various seasons of life. And also, how can it all be more loving, and more wild. I think it comes down to being more me. And welcoming a true acceptance and reverence for life.
I see the “natural” order of the seasons more or less as:
Childhood: Cared for and guided
Adolescence: Carefree and explorative
Young adulthood: Formative pursuits of the soul and heart
Pre-middle age: Increased responsibility and tending to
What comes after that? If you're there, tell me. I think that staying connected to who you are, your Ikigai, then leads you on to wisdom-inspired, creative and soul flourishing living in older years. This is my hope for myself.
If we travel through seasons disconnected from who we are, holding onto patterns we have outgrown, ruled by fear and find any kind of presence impossible; then there comes the tension in aging. The resistance. The gripping to what has passed, the un-lived life. The disappointments, frustrations.
But if we accept. If we honour how sacred this path is. If we love and let love conquer. If we quite literally take responsibility for ourSELF. Then getting older, moving through the seasons is actually a heart-wrenchingly beautiful, life-affirming experience.
Each season is wild if you are in flow with your Ikigai. Even the one that is buried in changing nappies, endless admin and daily structural monotony - even more so these ones! The truer you are to self, the wilder it becomes. The less you long for a time that is not now, the less you look outside yourself. The more you author the story of your own life.
