Getting High On Life

"The boomers' biggest impact will be on eliminating the term

retirement and inventing a new stage of life ...

the new career arc." 

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

If you were privileged to meet folks who were once labeled 'hippies', you will know how very gifted many of them were. There came a time, however, where beards were shaved and bras were once again adorned. They acquiesced to social expectations to advance provisions for families they would liberally raise.

There was so much talent to be found within the 'groupies' whether wood workers, weavers, gardeners, song writers or poets. Many of these gifts were put on hold while expanding into professional lives. Now that they have reached retirement, they are returning to what they love which is creative artful expression.

Hippies were tender hearted and peaceful individuals and they have not lost these qualities. Settling into the later years of life, they are once again teaching their trade, sharing passions, and communicating peace with peoples, places, and things. They did not grow old to die, man. They aged to get 'high on life".

No Longer Waiting

"A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an

appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more."

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

Sit back and imagine what could bring joy into this ordinary day. Hold a vision in the mind's eye of what might contribute to activating personal wisdom. Expand the images of these thoughts by blending them with sensations from the heart. Foster original insights as possible opportunities to be unfolded now, rather than limited to future opportunities. 

The deeper we invest in our visions, the more creative our perspectives become. When we are precise rather than singularly lofty, our vision begins to take accurate form. Combining the mind with the heart, the visionary embellishes through the use of music, nature, and poetic inspirations. 

Once our creativity is unleashed without critical restraints, day dreams begin to take form in our ordinary lives. Future aspirations become present day occurrences. We are no longer waiting for futuristic bliss. Day time occurrences are accented by nighttime revelations and we are no longer stuck waiting for future expectations.