If you have read my novels, you know that I often have a wise old woman character in my stories. In the Temple Secrets series, it is Old Sally. In the Wildflower trilogy, it is Aunt Sadie. And there are more. These are characters I created from my imagination, but there are real old wise women out there who are treasured elders.
Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes is the author of a book a lot of women read back in the 90s called Women Who Run with the Wolves. She recently posted the following on her Facebook page, complete with a prescription for how we are to get through these tough times:
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Brave Ones. Everything is going to be alright. Stay in good fettle. DON’T listen to the endless loops of ‘the news’— they are like a bench grinder to the spirit.
I’ve ridden out eight recessions as a self-employed person for 53 years, and ridden the tsunamis from all manner of persons/cohorts intent on slaying myself or what I love and seek to shelter.
Not despite, but because of travails: We can do this. I’m old as dirt. I know this time too shall pass. It will. We’ll rebuild. We will.
Rx: STAY WELL, STAY IN.
Learn something valuable
Stand in the sunshine
Take a meditation walk by yourself
Talk to friends
Rest
Drink water
Eat decently
Create something beautiful/ useful
Pray and bless everything
and everyone you can.
No lack of love, ever,
Dr. E.
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Where would we be without our elders? This is why we must do everything we can to keep them SAFE.
As always, I welcome your thoughts.
Love,
Susan
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Note to newcomers: I love my reader community, so I am posting something uplifting on this blog and also on my facebook page every day at 4 pm (Eastern) until we get through the Covid-19 crisis.
I am 80 years yound, and I sure do miss my friends, but in this day and age, there is no reason not to stay in touch. I stay in touch with E-mails and face book and I try to send on things that I think are funny or really nice so as to brighten up their day. I find that I am not
actually doing anything much different in my life other than not doing lunches, etc. I enjoy reading and gardening and now that the daffodils are blooming, I am a happy camper LOL
Love it.
Thanks, Kathleen. 🙂
It sounds like you have a good life, Wanda. It is wonderful that you stay in touch with your friends and try to brighten their day. I am so glad you are a happy camper now that the daffodils are blooming!