When one door closes, another
opens;
but the hallway is hell...
An aspect of aging is that people and
things fall away – some by choice and some not by choice. Three
close friends of mine have each moved out of state. My massage
therapist of 20 years moved to New Mexico. My cleaning woman of 12
years retired. My exterminator who I had interesting conversations
with retired after servicing our home for 17 years. Improv classes
(my current passion) are now coming to an end. And I am now winding
down with my therapist of six years...
While this is not a full-throttle Job
experience – it is an experience of doors closing that puts me in
the 'hallway.' Sadness and loss accompany me in the hallway as well
as anticipation for what may unfold.
New activities are emerging.
Recently connected with a local group, ARCHES, which is about
supporting open conversations and practices around death and dying.
A death doula training will be given this fall which I'm considering
attending.
Another percolating activity in the
hallway is “Mind the Gap” program sponsored by the New York
Theatre Workshop. They select seven elders and seven teens that work
1:1 together for a month sharing their stories and each writes a play
about the other that is performed to an invited audience. I read
about this on the last day of applications and immediately applied.
'Nature Abhors A Vacuum' – so
remembering to bathe myself in kindness and compassion, I patiently,
and impatiently, wait to see what the Universe brings to fruition...
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You are not a F---! mess as you screamed yesterday! Look how many interesting new door have opened up in your hallway! It's only when we are uncertain and unclear of our path and our energies jump ahead that we get out of control. Mind Gap is perfect for you and I hope they choose you! Working with children and a lifelong love of theatre; what could be a better fit! Keep percolating...Love Pat ...I think I'll make a salmon dinner for us this week.
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