Funny how we begin to think about improving our spiritual state as we age, just think of how insignificant it was when we were younger. Maybe it really does come with age, or perhaps we are already coming into terms with death and near-death which only makes us think how we need to hold on to something especially our inner selves.
I would like to think that we were too busy and too caught up making our lives normal and right to look within ourselves when we were younger, that’s why spirituality seemed unimportant those days but now that we are older—and maybe wiser—we feel the need to look within. To know ourselves more, and to repair the damages life has brought us.
It was said that spirituality is the only way we can put ourselves together. It connects parts of your being such as your physical body, your mind or intellect, your emotional being and of course, your soul or your core being. If spirituality is not strong enough to bond these parts, you can easily be broken by life’s difficulties and troubles.
Having a good spiritual life is beneficial to seniors. It improves quality of life and it enables us to live happier lives. If you feel good about yourself, you keep depression at bay. The practice of meditation is one way to improve your spiritual being. As we all know, meditation helps tremendously in maintaining a healthy and sharp mind.
If you would like to achieve good spiritual life, start with knowing yourself a little bit more. Writing your own life story is one good way to examine your life, i.e your accomplishments, your life’s meaning and how you felt during a certain experience. These are your feelings, your reactions, without it, you are not defined as a person.
It will also be good for you if you start accepting yourself, good and bad. It is not bad to try to be a better person or hope to be someone else however, trying without accepting your faults as part of your being will only bring upon frustration and disappointments—certainly not a good way to build your spiritual life.
As seniors we also have fears and doubts. You need to face these things to put your spiritual life in order. Remember you can’t dodge them forever and the sooner you face them, the better. This way, you’ll put your mind at ease with things.
Also, think about what legacy you want to leave behind when your time comes. Your life’s meaning is defined by how you’ll be remembered after life. You need not change the world but at the very least, you should have made impact to the lives of the people around you.
