Dating at 71
I speak my truth from my heart with more courage and consistency.
I am more curious and less judgmental.
I am more willing to set healthy boundaries and keep them.
I am less desperate to be in a relationship and more content with being alone.
I am more aware of losing myself in the search and better able to breathe and return to my body in the present moment.
I am enjoying getting to know people more and learning discernment about what I want and don’t want.
I am less polite and more direct.
I am more aware of the importance of being compassionate and kind and treating people respectfully.
I take rejection less personally and can practice self compassion and comfort myself more easily when I do take rejection personally.
I know that we are all one and that because we are all connected how I treat others is how I want to be treated.
I am listening more and talking less.
I value silence and stillness and have less need to fill pauses.
I am more confident of my own worth and beauty and of what I have to offer.
I am learning to be more playful and have more fun.
I am learning that less is more and that more isn’t always better.
I am less urgent and more patient and can work with my tendency to jump in too fast and honor the cadence of going slow and trusting what feels right.
I am aware of my old unmet needs in my relationship with my father growing up and willing to see my present triggers as past hurts and work on them.
It is easier to get support from trusted friends and resource people and be real about being mad sad scared and glad.
I am grateful to be more willing to let go of the outcome and show up for myself with whatever I am experiencing.
Even though dating at 71 is challenging I am learning a lot and appreciate the opportunity to connect with other fellow human beings who are both different and the same as me.
