Uncertainty is what life is made of and what humans want to tame and control. A good part of our lives is dedicated to securing a living, a home, a family life and a trust-worthy companion. Women often assume the role of straightening the curves and levelling the bumps in the road, to smooth and steady daily life.
What if I tell you that you can like yourself, feel good about yourself and believe in yourself, whatever your age and condition? That you can feel permanently able to live happy, motivated and confident? Sounds good, right?
The Ancients call menopause the ‘Age of the Crone’. At first I was disgruntled and rattled by the invisibility I almost overnight acquired. How, with a slight widening of girth, and blossoming of bosom, with the silvering of my hair, I quite simply became nothing. This soon became endemic in my mind and I felt ‘invisible’ just walking outside anywhere.
Looking into Greek mythology, we realized there was a Goddess that was in charge of providing Eternal Youth to the other Gods and Goddesses in the Olympus. Her name was Hebe.
What would happen, if we did not judge ourselves? If we accepted life as it flows, and trusted the process? Would we be more happy? More healthy? More alive?