I Take off the MASK!

WHY DO WE GROW OLD?

Anti-aging products abound nowadays as though it is a misfortune, even a sin to grow old. Yet what is growing old indeed? Why do we grow old?

Growing old is a natural process, as necessary as birth is. And if we know how to live the life given us, growing old need not be a scary process, nor a dark time. We can grow old gracefully. We can shed our old body shell and surrender to the new, to a fresh new dawn heaven unfolds before us.

What does growing old tell us when we lose our physical strength and beauty?

• It says that we have gained a new beauty within, far more beautiful than what can be seen by naked eyes.
• It says we no longer need the strength of our physical bodies to perform the tasks which the spirit has been prepared to do.
• It says that life goes on and that there is a time to rest as there is a time to learn and to explore.

Let not aging make you afraid. Let it not cover the beauty of life and its natural unfolding.

There is a reason for each season. Embrace it fully. Surrender to the greater good that awaits you – always.

What is the NOW of a meaningful life?

It is the present that is important. It is the NOW that we have to live. Yet what is this NOW? What does the moment consist of?

We’ve all heard of the importance of setting aside our past regrets, of casting away the anxieties of the future and of focusing our thoughts in the present moment, and in the process, we were made to believe that neither the past nor the future matters. This is not true.

Man’s present moment is made up of experiences and life lessons that made him the way he is. Without it, he is like an innocent child whose eyes reveal nothing, whose laughter does not resound with the deeper meaning in life which he has found.

Man’s present is also made up of hopes for the future, of excitement for the things yet to come. Without it, he strives for nothing and has no direction in his current journey.

A meaningful life is that which is aligned. It certainly isn’t a life trapped in past bitterness or in future fears. Neither is it alienated in a meaningless present whose memory had been erased or whose hopes have all faded away.

Seek then a meaningful life. A life whose memories, hopes and present joys are perfectly woven into a wonderful eternal NOW.