Living in Reverse

Living in reverse

Gone now, is a kind of expansiveness and ambition that filled my earlier life.
Gone now, the exuberance of youth with its infinite possibilities.
Gone now, the fresh enthusiasm of my young body.

Now I find a new kind of personal expansiveness that I wear more lightly than years ago. Content in my own skin, I can feel myself identifying with timeless truths;  like the wisdom of water as it moves, like the power in being content with who I am, and facing the world without undo aversion or clinging.
Now, as choices narrow, I find pleasure in being limited, allowing me to focus on the few things that really matter.
Now, as my bodies abilities decline(slowly, please) I find joy in slowing down and passing along some of the lessons learned to my child and to all the children of this world.

10.01.2024