The eyes of the future are looking back at us and they are praying for us to
see beyond our own time.
~ Terry Tempest Williams
“Women become fiercely compassionate crones when they are outraged at the suffering caused as much by indifference by those in authority as by the perpetrators.”
"Crones don't whine is a fundamental characterization. It's a basic “rule” that describes conduct unbecoming of a crone. Whining is an attitude that blocks spiritual and psychological development. Whining makes genuine communication impossible and extorts what then cannot be freely given. To catch oneself whining is an “aha!” moment. This insight can be the beginning of wisdom for a whiner who has the ability to observe herself and wants to change…
It is a time when wisdom calls upon us to use our time, energy, and vitality well. It is an opportunity to have more chances, experience shifts in roles, and develop talents and interests. This may be a time to play and express affection, or a time for creativity or sensuality, or a time for meditation or therapy, or a time for family or a time when family recedes, or a time to make a difference in the world. Crones can make a difference. What you say and do can change a dysfunctional family pattern. Your mentoring can support and make it possible for another to grow and blossom. You can be a healing influence for good. You can have a ripple effect throughout generations to come or through institutions and communities.
With vision and intention, and in numbers and influence, crones together can change the world. While this was written with women in the prime post menopausal years of life in mind, if you glean something from reading this earlier in life, so much the better! So listen up, precrones! Also, while men are handicapped by socialization and physiology, exceptional men can be crones…
If we acquire a crone's-eye view, then we will see ourselves and others from the perspective of soul rather than ego. Aging well is a goal worth wanting…
Sometimes, crone wisdom fleetingly comes to mind and is ignored. This is so because the inner or archetypal crone is a latent presence in everyone's psyche, in men and even in children. The crone does not shout over a din of competing parts of the personality. The crone is a potential, much like an inherent talent, that needs to be recognized and practiced in order to develop. This wise presence in your psyche will grow, once you trust that there is a crone within and begin to listen. Then in the quiet of your own mind, pay attention to her perceptions and intuitions and act upon them.”
~ Jean Shinoda Bolen, Crones Don't Whine: Concentrated Wisdom for Juicy Women
Jean Shinoda Bolen, M. D, is a psychiatrist, Jungian analyst, and an internationally known author and speaker.
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