Saturday, my friend Heidi and I were talking about life. How before we knew it, time slipped away and years have past. We talked of how our lives are changing, and the fears surfacing of things we've not done or worst yet, the fear of trying something new at our 'older' age. Heidi is in her 40's and Me…I am going on 56.
In our conversation, one thing that came up is why when ideas come to us when we are older, we often question, are we to old to pursue this new idea, or the big one....Why now, is it to late?
I think it surprised her when I told her that same question "am I too old", crossed my mind when at 54 I decided to embark on entrepreneurial journey. Now I question, as I’m pushing 56, and these grand ideas of a medicine wheel, meditative garden and a bunch of other ideas come to me, "Why now, why not when I was younger and had more energy."
I pondered over this a while and realized when I was younger, yes I would have had more stamina to do all this stuff, but something vital would have been missing. That is, through my journey in life I've learned, it’s the quality and the appreciation of what life has to offer that's important and these revelations...one can only acquire with age.
The meditative garden and medicine wheel will offer these revelations, on an individual level, because in those gardens not only will I plant herbs, flowers, and pathways around them, but also a part of me and my life and the lessons I’ve learned. Some who walk through those gardens will feel the wisdoms I have accumulated over the years and wisdoms of those before us (one cannot help but accumulate some wisdom whether they want to or not or at least I hope so). Consequently I believe in my life's destiny though I am older, now is the right time...so thus...one is never to old to do what ever they want in their life, whether it be build a medicine wheel, a meditative garden or take a Tai Chi class.
The time was right also when my Time To Write http://timetowrite.blogs.com/weblog/ email came. In that email the explanation in a nutshell was presented to me, when someone wrote to the editor wondering if they were to old to start writing. The editor from Time To Write...used this to answer that question...
A man wrote to Dear Abby saying he’d always wanted to be a doctor but had to go to work at a young age to support his family. Now he had the time and money to go to medical school, but, he said, “I’m already 50, so in seven years, when I’d finish, I’d be 57.”
Her answer was: “If you don’t go to medical school, how old will you be in seven years?”
Meaning...go do it, no matter what your age, if you heart is telling you this is something you should do...go for it. You'll never regret you had, your regret will come from you didn't try. Because if it came to you now...then its not to late, the time is right.
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