We need to ask, not what we can get or what we need or when is the next break happening, but instead, to ask “what can we give?” And we also need to remember that it’s God’s plan “for us to give” so we need to listen to God, 105-year-old Edythe Kirchmaier explains in a video shot for Oprah’s SuperSoulSunday.
“God is like a voice in my heart. We need to learn that the voice is trying to lead us in the right way,” she adds, striking such a cord in my heart. When I heard her say that, I felt like I knew EXACTLY what she spoke of.
To get still and listen to the voice within is what connects me to you, and keeps me open and less judgmental and more forgiving. I love this woman so much. She reminds me of my mother a bit, who was a social worker and volunteer for as long as she was able. 105-year-old Edythe also reminds me of the four 88-year-old yogis I teach each week who all still volunteer and give back in multiple ways to their community, church, neighbors and friends. A body in motion stays in motion right? And it’s better to stay in motion like a dance with others—to lean on sometimes and to support at other times— rather than maroon on an island of isolation when life is difficult. All these wise women remind me, especially when times are hard, to find comfort in stillness and to listen to the vulnerable wide-open heart that whispers truth and seeks hope and love in others. Then it’s so much easier to say thank you every day for all that I have, before turning my attention to help someone in need.
“Sometimes we are slow learners,” says Edythe. “I think if we could just love one another, there would be less pain, less fighting, more harmony.”
Watch this beautiful video and I dare you not to cry. 🙂
Off to teach my Wed. night class. Sending you lots Love!
Laura XO
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