This applies to adults also. #parenting #selftaught

Credit: Curiously Unusual Facts (Facebook) This really moved me. We need to respect all stages of life. I wish I had been much more attentive to some of my elders. "At 96, Clint Eastwood shattered our comfortable illusions about growing old, refusing to sugarcoat the harsh truth. In a recent speech, he explained how the body changes over time. Bones become less flexible, movements slow down, and bright light can bother the eyes. Even breathing can take more effort. And that was just the beginning. He brought his trademark grit to a topic most people prefer to avoid. He didn't offer comforting platitudes about senior years being full of endless serenity. Instead, he painted a stark, unflinching picture of what happens when a human being approaches a century of existence. "The light hurts your eyes, and even breathing can feel like hard work," Eastwood shared, describing the constant friction of a fading physical frame. "Your body just doesn't cooperate the way it used to, and every step requires a strategy." But as he pointed out, the structural decline of the skeleton and muscles is merely the surface of the issue. The real weight of extreme old age is emotional and psychological. Once you cross into your nineties, your social landscape undergoes a profound and often painful transformation. You look around and realize that the majority of the people who knew you when you were young, who shared your history, your inside jokes, and your life struggles, have vanished. The circle of familiar faces shrinks down to almost nothing, the phone stops ringing, and the pace of the days slows down to a crawl. The bitterest pill to swallow isn't the physical pain; it is the sudden absence of someone who genuinely wants to listen to you. When the present moment becomes quiet and isolated, the human mind naturally seeks refuge in the past. Eastwood explained that navigating through old memories isn't a sign of mental weakness, but a vital search for continuity. This is why older people frequently repeat the same anecdotes, adding minor details and revisiting old grounds over and over again. They aren't trying to boast or dominate the conversation. They do it to anchor themselves to a reality where they were active, loved, and relevant. "You find yourself repeating stories, adding details, not to convince anyone, but just to feel like you’re still connected to something," Eastwood admitted. "You try to pass things down to the younger generation, even when you can see the boredom in their eyes." We live in a culture that treats longevity like a trophy, congratulating people simply for surviving, while totally ignoring the crushing loneliness that accompanies that survival. We praise the shiny, the fast, and the hyper-connected, leaving absolutely no space for the slow, repetitive rhythm of the very old. Clint Eastwood may be a cinematic giant, but his words speak for every anonymous 90-year-old living down the street or sitting at our family dinner tables. They are the living libraries of our history, carrying stories that shaped the world we walk in today. When we choose to slow down, put away our distractions, and truly listen to them, something magical happens. We bridge the gap between generations. Ultimately, the wrinkles on their faces aren't just signs of aging—they are a beautiful roadmap of a life fully lived, and it is a privilege to sit by their side and listen to the journey. " #ClintEastwood #generationgap

#healthyboundaries

Happy Fourth of July to those who understand the price of Freedom in all it's layered and complex meanings.

credit: Pyramid Consciouness (Facebook) This is what Homer's Odyssey and Dante's work was about. "The higher you rise, the deeper you must have gone first. There is no exception to this law. Jung did not mean hell as a place of punishment. He meant it as the underworld of the psyche, everything rejected, buried, and denied. Every fear you have refused to name. Every wound you have covered instead of healing. Every part of yourself you decided was too ugly, too dangerous, or too shameful to claim as your own. Most people try to grow upward while ignoring what lies beneath them. They chase enlightenment, success, or peace without ever descending into the parts of themselves they have spent a lifetime avoiding. And so they stay small, reaching toward the light with roots too shallow to hold real height. The alchemists called this the nigredo, the blackening, the necessary descent into darkness before any true transformation can occur. You cannot skip this stage. You cannot bypass it with positivity or spiritual bypassing dressed as growth. The tree that reaches heaven does so precisely because its roots have gone where it is uncomfortable to look. This is not a metaphor for the weak-hearted. It is a law of the psyche, as real as gravity. What you refuse to face controls you from below. What you finally face becomes the foundation that lets you rise. The serpent wrapped around this tree is not the enemy of ascension. It is the guardian of it , the very thing that must be integrated, not defeated, before the branches can reach the sun. Your shadow is not what is wrong with you. It is the root system waiting to hold your growth." - Art: Bryan Proteau #PyramidConsciousness #CarlJung #ShadowWork

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#funny

“Any energy that you deny becomes a demon for you. It becomes your inner tormenter. And you don't get rid of your demons. You embrace them. Not indulge them, but embrace them. And if you embrace them in a way I am talking about, they no longer feel like demons. They are just energies that are available to you. They are just part of this whole spectrum of what it is to be conscious and alive and present. And everything becomes joined together back again. A mature emotional life is when all the different parts of yourself emotionally are joined back together. Nothing is put outside, nothing is denied, nothing is hidden. Nothing is unacknowledged. All brought together so that it can all come together.” ― Adyashanti Art • “Fallen Angel” by Michael C. Hayes

Credit: Guardians of Nature (Facebook) "The yard at ten o'clock this week doesn't sound like it did a month ago. The spring singers have gone quiet. A new cast took over. Here's who you're hearing. The daytime drone — dog-day cicadas. That rising-and-falling buzz in the heat of the afternoon, like a saw. These are the annual cicadas, out every single summer. The new night sound — katydids. A rasping "ch-ch-ch" starting now and building through August. You did not hear this in June. The steady pulse — tree crickets. A soft, even trill. The warmer the night, the faster they call. Low in the grass — field crickets. The chirp you've known your whole life. From the trees — gray treefrogs give a short, bird-like trill; green treefrogs, a nasal honk near water. Farther off — the barred owl still calls on summer nights, and a coyote chorus can rise after midnight. Go stand outside tonight. Pick out three. The setlist just turned over." #July #Nature

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19 Foods Banned Abroad, But Not in America - AOL

Many American foods contain ingredients that have been linked with diseases and health conditions. While these foods are still the norm in the U.S....

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Vermont is the first state to ban paraquat, a weed killer linked to Parkinson's disease

Vermont is set to become the first U.S. state to ban paraquat, a commonly used herbicide that experts say is linked to Parkinson’s disease.

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