There's no sense in wondering why really. Why new angels fall upon my pathway. Why old ones abandon or die. Why I'm blessed with a jigsaw like complexity. Why I'm sometimes burdened with the same and feel all alone..."different"....untethered....floating in anticipation of a new answer...better yet, an important new question.
There is an abundance of those (questions) living in the crawl space of my soul. I love big questions. Give me a person over 70 anyday of the week for coffee upon coffee....answers upon questions.
I can't absorb older people enough. In them lies the truths of living.....
Young people meanwhile are so nice to me. They indulge me. Not sure why...and most the time they dont act like I am drilling into a cavity. They typically seem sincerely engaged in my quiz-a-thons. No doubt if its one of my adult children's close friends they indulge me hoping I'll buy pizza and such.
Its all worth it to me. If they knew the truth, they could manipulate me into a mini-vacation in exchange for one of my long quiz sessions...pizza's cheap admittance into the passions of their hearts at age 20something.
Young people fascinate me. They ask the questions....reveal the anxieties and hopes...of the 22nd century. Older people I sit with tell me where I've been. Younger people show me where I might want to go.
What I find particularly fascinating about this generation of 20somethings...what I deeply appreciate and admire, is in listening to their lives and plans...if any...is it seems like a much more patient generation who pan 30 blueprints of possibilities instead of the 2 or 3 my generation use to quickly decide upon and dive into regarding aspriations of "what do I want to do when I grow up".
I love affirming, L=O=V=E affirming, "I'm not sure yet" to a 20something! As long as they are making ends meet (food, water, shelter)..God Bless Them...they dont need to be "sure".
During my "growing up days", "Not sure yet" ='d a stigma of "lazy", "aimless", "irresponsible". Life blueprints were treated as if they were science back then. Today, thankfully I might add in this author's humble opinion, a life blueprint amongst alot of 20somethings I sit with, is more art than science.
Yay for all of you! It takes courage and a certain individuality to buck old ways and be measured in your life plan choices. This generation of young adults seem to "get" that there are so many internal emotional, psychological, spiritual, sexual changes from years 19-31 or 32....that "easy does it" on lifelong obligations is such a wise path in the majority of situations.
Obviously if there are small children involved, the equation changes some...particularly without the enlightened and supportive help of family and/or friends.
Krystina, Brad...and many more of their generation who've allowed me off and on to "sit" with their journeys...Kudos for measured, artistic and patient life decisions!
And to the three 75+ year old women who took me on a "date" to see, "In Search of Mozart" thursday night at the Tivoli....the youngsters have nothing on you as all three of you remain young in spirit and similarily, have made many decisions in the past three years of your lives not in the haste of the dying....but in the wonderment of all the excitement and possible fulfillments around the still-to-come corners of your lives.
Thank you my higher power for showering me daily with angels young and old! Please in some way use me to give back all I can to these fascinating souls!
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