“Can you feel the angels in the air tonight?”
I know this isn’t EXACTLY what Phil Collins sang, however I just wanted to see if any of you have felt, seen, heard or experienced contact with your angels lately?
I just spent the evening talking to a large group of older ladies about angels and how to connect with them………………something that regular listeners and readers of the Blog will know, I do on a regular basis.
It never ceases to amaze me how we treat the ‘elders’ of our community. We make presumptions about them that have very little grounding in fact. We presume they are ultra conservative, narrow minded, forgetful, ‘daggy’ or old fashioned and usually ‘grumpy’!
We think they ‘live in the past’ and have little connection to contemporary life…………………HOW WRONG WE ARE!
Age brings with it wisdom, insight and understanding. Older people have so much to offer us and are so graciously accepting of the little we offer them.
Talking about angels, connecting with them and seeing the joy on the faces of these ladies reminded me that we can presume NOTHING about older people. This was a group of open minded, enthusiastic and intelligent women, prepared to experiment and expand their personal views of spirituality…………………WE CAN LEARN SO MUCH FROM THEM.
Maybe the next time you are stuck behind an older person in the street, instead of thinking about how they are dressed or getting angry with them because they are slowing you down from your ‘important business’……………..don’t push past them………take a breath, slow down, smile and say hello and mentally thank them for MAKING you slow down for a few minutes in your hectic day!
This is a gift……………..older people walk slowly not just because they want to aggrivate us, but because there is a lesson in this for us………slow down, appreciate the moment, consider how fortunate you are and maybe use the few minutes of non activity to connect with divinity inside YOU.