take a journey.visit the temple of memory.
is it a journey only into the difficult past? is it only the memory of failings, failures, mistakes, regrets?can we also awaken to, and hold as sacred, everything that has happened. often, the errors arise first, the regrets. and then, if we can allow it, the joys, the connections, the learnings, the sunrises, the irises in bloom.
it is this harvest, available on deep reflection, that gives meaning and depth to all we’ve experienced. in the sacred space of contemplation, of stillness, we gather in the richness of life.then, in this space, we can honour ourselves into elderhood. we become the vessel for wisdom and can create a legacy for those who follow on the journey. they may be younger than we are or they may be our peers. they are all on the journey.the conversations can be held on the doorstep of the temple, guidance can be given.
and yet each of us must enter the temple of memory alone. each solitary step takes us deeper into the plenitude of a life. each solitary step brings us into the sanctuary of greater understanding, greater compassion and greater generosity.our solitary steps bring us into connection with others as they experience their temple.we can leave markers that lead to the door of the temple of memory, so that, in the end, we share together in community, the awakening into elderhood.