The Ancestors Speak of Aging
Kathleen M. Dwyer July 18, 2005
Slipping through the veil that separates
today from tomorrow from yesterday
she seeks understanding about aging from the Ancestors.
They greet her with love and invite her to sit
as they begin to speak gently to her heart.
“Do not loose patience with yourself
not when you forget…not when your muscles become weaker…
not when your skin becomes too big for the body it covers
Do not loose patience with yourself
not when you become ill…not when recovery slows…
not when you hurt as you move from laying, to sitting to standing.
Do not be scared, angry or depressed
as your time lessens and you move closer to the door of your beginning
the door to your real home…the door to real sacredness and connection…
This is how it is for all that is life when the cycle begins to near completion
You have worked hard… and experienced much
Your body will carry you to the door
where you will leave it behind as you cross through into a real holy land”
She thought a moment and then said
“But I have much left to do before I cross over…
and the journey home is coming soon.
I fear having to leave before I am done”.
At this the elders smiled and sighed…
each knew what she was feeling…they too had felt likewise
and so, they spoke to her what had been spoken to them…
“Do not worry…when the time comes to cross over you will have done
what you had come to do
and the ways and beliefs of the world you are leaving
will melt away and all that is life will celebrate your return
greeting you with openness and love,
wrapping you gently in a blanket of protection and peace
until it is time for your new lessons to begin”.
With that, the woman smiled and said
“Thank you! My worries have lifted and my fears have lessened
I will continue to work towards knowledge and wholeness
and look forward with hope and trust
to the day my body is shed and I enter through the door of my beginning
to rest from the past and prepare for the future”.
