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June, 2010 Newsletter:
~~ Question for the Year:
What
did I come to do, ~~ WELCOME: A special welcome to all WOW! Wise Older Women! who have found our website for the first time. We are delighted you are here! As you have discovered—or soon will—this newsletter is a compilation of creative efforts, information, fun internet pass-arounds and websites pertinent to women in the second half of life. Without the efforts of all who read and send information, this newsletter would cease to exist. Now that you’ve found us, do add us to your Favorites so you can come back often. While playing, traveling and spending time with friends comes first, we try to have each month’s newsletter to our website around the middle of the month. ~~ WISE WOMEN QUOTES: “What does it mean to be an elder in this culture? What are my new responsibilities? What has to be let go to make room for the transformations of energy that are ready to pour through the body-soul?” Marion Woodman
“We are simply grateful that we are the lucky ones—we’re the first generation of women who don’t have to endure the fear of aging quietly and alone. We don’t have to suffer, we don’t have to be ashamed and we don’t have to lie, if we don’t want to.” Nancy Alspaugh and Marilyn Kentz
“A crone-aged woman who still harbors fantasies instead of doing something for herself or with herself while she still can, is in a state of denial that she can ill afford.” Jean Shinoda Bolen
“And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance.” Lee Ann Womack ~~ TOPIC FOR THE MONTH: This is the year and the month and the week of my 70th birthday. Many women don’t have this privilege. What a thrill it is to live in reasonably good health. What good fortune! I am one of the lucky ones. As my 7th decade draws to an end, I celebrate for me and for all of us. I celebrate because I can. I celebrate as a model to every woman lucky enough to live to this glorious age. When I told my manager I would be taking a week off for my birthday, he was a little—shall we say, surprised? Patiently, I said, “I think a day for each decade is reasonable.” How could he disagree? Truth be told, I’ve been celebrating all year with special trips and adventures. What’s more, I’ve been doing something even more astonishing. Each month I quit doing something that I no longer want to do—like ironing—or let go of something that no longer serves me—like rushing. What a thrill! Can you imagine, deciding, “I can quit something or let go of anything I choose—one per month!” I hope you smile or giggle as you imagine what you’d like to set aside or quit doing. Let your imagination delve into this and see what you come up with. As you try this practice, remember you are deciding—you can always make a different choice. There are so many experiences of loss we have no control over. We face our own mortality, the death of people dear to us, their physical limitations, our own limitations and on and on. This time of life is about letting go, about loss. Most of those we have no choice about. Making a choice to let go of something we no longer need or want is very different. It’s a treat as good as fresh blackberries and ice cream! Why not treat yourself to a big helping by dropping something that is no longer necessary or does not serve you or that you just don’t want to do any more.
Remember: ~~~ A change in topic, from Sandra Valiquette:
This is really cute!!! For those of you who are too
young to worry about wrinkles, remember the message in
this song! I have to start learning the lyrics, and sing
it to myself!
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