Happy Birthday to Me!
This is my birthday weekend…Friday, the 13th, to be exact. In fact, I was born on Friday, the 13th, which (in my estimation) makes it a very lucky day for me! Now I am one year closer to that goal line with the banners waving and “screaming”…105, 105, one hundred and five!!!
It seemed like the right time to get back to the book I’ve started, The Second Half of Life. I have a few decades to work my way through the Eight Gates of Wisdom, and the first on my journey is the Silver Gate. Each gate has identical parts that must be navigated: the Task, the Challenge, the Gift, Reflections, and Practice. It appears that maybe there is more to this second half of life than merely waiting for wrinkles to appear, body parts to sag, and memories to fade.
Allow me to quote a poem from the book that does a beautiful job of describing what awaits us as we maneuver through the gates of our lives. The author is Eva Pierrakos, from The Pathwork of Self-Transformation:
Through the gateway of feeling your weakness lies your strength.
Through the gateway of feeling your pain lies your pleasure and joy.
Through the gateway of feeling your fear lies your security and safety.
Through the gateway of feeling your loneliness lies your capacity to have fulfillment, love, and companionship.
Through the gateway of feeling your hopelessness lies true and justified hope.
Through the gateway of accepting the lacks in your childhood lies your fulfillment now.
Bring on those next 50 year!!! Happy Birthday to me!!!
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