As I approach a milestone age, a good friend of mine and I pondered on what it means to get older. She found this quote that suggested that we examine getting older as a process of transforming into an Elder.
This seemed daunting, me an Elder…??
I realized then, why not? I can be the Elder of my own life, I can reach in and care for my inner child wherever she feel stuck, and bring her back into the care, love compassion of an ever caring, ever calm Elder.
Often we have left our inner child in a place of childhood hurt and trauma where she is surrounded by ego hate, judgement, shame bitterness and oppression, allowing her to re-live the hurt over and over.
What if we made sure our inner child was constantly picked up by our inner Elder and carried away from that place into the present where she can enjoy the joy and comfort this adult has built into her. life.
How will you transform into your Elder today?