In the Talmud it says every generation has its own wisdom. No matter when we were born, our age gives us a unique take on the world and our relationship to it. Our challenge is learning to appreciate that, in ourselves and in each other.
The ego mind is a constant fault-finder. Whether it’s a person or a circumstance, the ego is like a scavenger dog always on the look-out for someone or something to judge. Nothing is ever good enough. I remember always thinking I was too young, then thinking I was the right age for about a minute-and-a-half, then quickly starting to think I was too old! All three were statements not about my age but about my mind.
The journey of age is a mysterious one. The younger we are the more we know certain things, and the older we are the more we know certain other things. Hopefully we can begin to break down the generational walls that divide us, so we can learn from each other what we can’t see by ourselves. We need everyone now, at every age. We need each other’s wisdom. We need each other’s hope.
(For those feeling the encroaching shadows of age, the magic time of sunset when the sky turns darker blue though no less beautiful and even more magical, you might want to check out my book MIDLIFE AWAKENING: Creating a Miraculous Next Chapter. There’s magic in the air at every age, for the body ages but the spirit does not.)
