Hedge woman, edge woman are you, Jan. I so enjoy reading your thoughts floating up from your own rich inner landscape. You inspired me to want to share something I wrote on the topic of "edge women" that seems to echo some of your own ways of being.......or perhaps it is solely what I see.
"Live in between the worlds. Live in the borderlands. Shift from fully mainstream to edge living. The willingness “to take back your listening” and pay attention to the conditions of your own inner world requires a bit of madness. Let’s define madness as that edge place where you are available to more than one reality. This is the making of a borderless broad. This is an edge woman, one who moves freely between realities, staying light and awake. She enjoys a bit of eccentricity as a way to “cut the rope and be free.” [Zorba]. An edge woman knows that no reality is the absolute truth. Mainstream is indeed only a collective hunch telling you what is real, what is to be feared, what is good, valuable, successful, or appropriate! An edge woman does not get caught here. She takes from the mainstream the practicalities that make life work and then she moves on to the edge places where greater wisdom and guidance reside: body, intuition, instincts, the wildness that is her birthright.
This is you, my borderless broad; a little madness keeps you zany, frisky, and humorous about who you really are and the experiences that come your way. Such madness fuels your courage, the courage to live differently and to feed your soul. This edge place is a colorful and exuberant state of mind. I do not think you can live full out without developing a bit of madness".
New Englander. Married with kids & grands. After a 50 year career in health & human services, retired two years ago. Volunteer for Community Access Media, work very part time for a tiny nonprofit Caregiver Respite Center and Accessible/Therapeutic Gardens. Completed year long internship with Sage-ing International, now as a Certified Sage-ing Leader can lead classes, workshops and Wisdom Circles on all things Conscious Aging.
Hedge woman, edge woman are you, Jan. I so enjoy reading your thoughts floating up from your own rich inner landscape. You inspired me to want to share something I wrote on the topic of "edge women" that seems to echo some of your own ways of being.......or perhaps it is solely what I see.
"Live in between the worlds. Live in the borderlands. Shift from fully mainstream to edge living. The willingness “to take back your listening” and pay attention to the conditions of your own inner world requires a bit of madness. Let’s define madness as that edge place where you are available to more than one reality. This is the making of a borderless broad. This is an edge woman, one who moves freely between realities, staying light and awake. She enjoys a bit of eccentricity as a way to “cut the rope and be free.” [Zorba]. An edge woman knows that no reality is the absolute truth. Mainstream is indeed only a collective hunch telling you what is real, what is to be feared, what is good, valuable, successful, or appropriate! An edge woman does not get caught here. She takes from the mainstream the practicalities that make life work and then she moves on to the edge places where greater wisdom and guidance reside: body, intuition, instincts, the wildness that is her birthright.
This is you, my borderless broad; a little madness keeps you zany, frisky, and humorous about who you really are and the experiences that come your way. Such madness fuels your courage, the courage to live differently and to feed your soul. This edge place is a colorful and exuberant state of mind. I do not think you can live full out without developing a bit of madness".
Thank you for sharing your journey.
I am a fan despite the fact that I do not believe in communicating this way
Love and Peace
Joseph
New Englander. Married with kids & grands. After a 50 year career in health & human services, retired two years ago. Volunteer for Community Access Media, work very part time for a tiny nonprofit Caregiver Respite Center and Accessible/Therapeutic Gardens. Completed year long internship with Sage-ing International, now as a Certified Sage-ing Leader can lead classes, workshops and Wisdom Circles on all things Conscious Aging.
What a lovely intro, thank you! I relate deeply to so much of this. I'm so happy to have found you.