Exercise 2
If you were to go away or be left alone would you know what to do with yourself? Most women are doers, not be-ers. As such, we haven't been trained to listen to what our hearts need to tell us. In plotting my second journey I reflected back ten years and discovered just what a difference a decade makes in any of our lives. It's an entire lifetime, really. Ten years ago I wasn't a grandmother, didn't have a retired husband living at home, wasn't a best selling author, barely knew my son's wives, and didn't have to care for an aging mother. Wouldn't it be interesting if there was an actual ritual at the end of each decade that marked a woman's achievements—crises managed, lessons mastered, attitudes and ideals changed? By evaluating the past we can see just how many stripes we've earned. Moreover, it is important to see what is outlived in order to make room in our lives for that which is unlived.
How many stripes have you earned? What is outlived versus unlived in your life?
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Overall though I was a very happy, content lady.
Good for you. But some women are rushing through their days so fast they don't stop and honor what they do. Women are the carriers of culture and its good, from time to time to know that and affirm how out generous spirit buoys mankind. Joan
Also, I know raising my kids was the most important thing I could do too. I was so content doing it (not that it wasn't hard). We all have different purposes in life and that was mine. Now, I do things I want to and help out others as needed.
Joan