Thank you Roland for drawing inspiration and sharing your thoughts!
I found the point around family members with higher levels of anxiety having taken on much of the work and deserving respect and gratitude very powerful; it illustrates the one-ness we neatly categorize away in our highly structured society. Also your reflection on destroying nature-embodied wisdom hurting us, with old people but no elders in response.. I think we’re seeing a lot of that already. Thank you this refreshing birds-eye perspective on small snippets we’d usually look at in isolation only.
Lovely to hear these thoughts Roland. I work every week with people who have a variety of types of dementia. I agree with what you are saying – I related a lot through emotions and it is such a rewarding experience. Time is now. All your thoughts also about how to allow ourselves the rest, the time away from business of the mind can help us to keep ourselves in balance. and how a person or persons in a family group will take on the worries etc. and need to be thanked. Perhaps in the future we can help that person not take it all on and we can all be healthier together? Hugs, Laura
Thx Roland – this has given me some new thoughts to ponder. My non-idential twin is in memory care , comfort care only now, as she is in the later stages of Alzheimers. She often still experiences severe anxiety, and tries to organize other residents by saying and thinking she is organizing business meetings. She often cannot rest or meditate in a way that would allow her some calm and healing. She loves nature and does “leaf art” when she is at her best, but with the current cold, is unable in Edmonton to go out enough to benefit enough from its potential gifts. She does love looking out the window at the squirrels and trees, and that can calm and please her for awhile. Sometimes music helps, and sometimes various physical movement activities, but knowing she is loved by family and either to see us or hear our voices has the greatest capacity to calm her.
Good to hear thoughts relating to old growth as a source of information we resonate with… I too am concerned about removing protections on these regions, how this has happened the world over, dislocating our psyches development as well.
Lovely Video Roland; thanks do much
Thank you Roland for drawing inspiration and sharing your thoughts!
I found the point around family members with higher levels of anxiety having taken on much of the work and deserving respect and gratitude very powerful; it illustrates the one-ness we neatly categorize away in our highly structured society. Also your reflection on destroying nature-embodied wisdom hurting us, with old people but no elders in response.. I think we’re seeing a lot of that already. Thank you this refreshing birds-eye perspective on small snippets we’d usually look at in isolation only.
Lovely to hear these thoughts Roland. I work every week with people who have a variety of types of dementia. I agree with what you are saying – I related a lot through emotions and it is such a rewarding experience. Time is now. All your thoughts also about how to allow ourselves the rest, the time away from business of the mind can help us to keep ourselves in balance. and how a person or persons in a family group will take on the worries etc. and need to be thanked. Perhaps in the future we can help that person not take it all on and we can all be healthier together? Hugs, Laura
This is so beautiful, Roland, thank you.
Thx Roland – this has given me some new thoughts to ponder. My non-idential twin is in memory care , comfort care only now, as she is in the later stages of Alzheimers. She often still experiences severe anxiety, and tries to organize other residents by saying and thinking she is organizing business meetings. She often cannot rest or meditate in a way that would allow her some calm and healing. She loves nature and does “leaf art” when she is at her best, but with the current cold, is unable in Edmonton to go out enough to benefit enough from its potential gifts. She does love looking out the window at the squirrels and trees, and that can calm and please her for awhile. Sometimes music helps, and sometimes various physical movement activities, but knowing she is loved by family and either to see us or hear our voices has the greatest capacity to calm her.
Good to hear thoughts relating to old growth as a source of information we resonate with… I too am concerned about removing protections on these regions, how this has happened the world over, dislocating our psyches development as well.
Everything is everything.
Thank you Roland for sharing your thoughts and insights, with wellness … Monika