HELLO READERS
A sense of quiet calm and inner confidence comes with maturity and being more accepting of the way life can sometimes be. No one has it all, if you have one thing, you might not have another. Inner peace involves being honest and true with yourself without the need to constantly seek validation and approval. It’s just about being yourself by trying to keep everything simple and on an even keel.
Aging is not lost youth, but an important stage of personal development, spiritual awakening and learning to take advantage of all the right opportunities. Nevertheless, it is not a journey for the faint hearted either because it demands an incredible amount of strength and resilience, not just physically and mentally, but most especially of the soul.
Suddenly, almost without any warning, you awaken and realise that youth quietly evaporated into thin air without announcing announce its departure. It slipped away silently into the night darkness never to return. It didn’t leave without taking something with it. It carried off your obsession with perfection, certain insecurities, the desperate urge to impress and always waiting for something monumental to happen to make you happier, the list is endless. It could be almost anything. The exhausting chase after love, wealth and success and the crippling fear that you were never quite good enough gradually becomes a thing of the past.
Time is a great reminder of how things once were after heartbreak, illness, abandonment or grief as we mourn and live out the remainder of our days. It is responsible for making us softer, yet infinitely more resilient and stronger in our endeavour to survive hardship the awareness of our surroundings. Others may notice a calmer rhythm in our speech as we take slower, steadier steps during our twilight hours. We find the inner strength and bravery to let go of past hurts and failures because they are no longer relevant. We develop the wisdom to hold close only those whose hearts speak truthfully whilst disengaging from other people’s dramas and toxicity. Maturity offers us the unmatched freedom to be wholly, deeply, unapologetically ourselves, in the raw, no fuss no frills nor excuses. There is no longer any need to either explain nor complain because over the years, everything has been said, done and now gone. None of it can come back.
Our declining years is about being released from the pressure to constantly perform and be the entertainment during social gatherings. There is no further need to be weighed down by the burden of pretence and the desperation to fit in somewhere where the noise drowns out your inner voice causing you to feel hapless and almost invisible. With each passing moment something beautiful unfolds. You begin to see that your beauty was always there, hidden away, etched in your quiet endurance to get by and woven into the chapters of your life that were written not in words, but in your thoughts and deeds.
Each birthday is a badge of honour and a living testament to everything you have bravely battled with and miraculously risen from in the flames of the eternal fire. Wear your scars without hesitation, with a quiet unshakable pride and the grace of someone who has lived, loved, lost, and still dares to shine no matter what. Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. Those who love deeply, never grow old.
‘A world once vibrant,
Now soft and pale,
Gone are the days,
Like wind-blown sail.
In whispers of twilight,
Memories wane,
Nostalgia drifts softly Through shadows of pain. Glistening moments,
Like autumn leaves fall, Surrender to time’s
Unrelenting call.’
LOVE AND LIGHT,
LINDA AND THE LULAS XXX
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