OK!  So how you doin?  Are you like me, with more than half a century behind you?  Let’s see; that’s more than 18,000 sunrises and sunsets.  I was scanning a web site the other day (lookin' at what Costa Rica has to offer) and apparently there are at least 77 million of us Boomers coming on stream (and I think that’s just in North America).

 

Most of us appear to be healthy and financially stable.  Many of us are apparently just fine with the way we are and content to live out our lives as comfortably as possible.  "Why not, we’ve paid our dues", we say.  (Oh, before I forget, check out www.50plus.com for a wide range of good information for Boomers …. those of us over 50 of course!).

 

Apparently we are also adaptable, mobile and experienced.  And some of us believe we are what is being referred to as the “transition generation”….human beings led by an intuitive knowing, co-creating a paradigm shift in consciousness and signaling an unparalleled surge of spiritual growth. 

 

If we are, as they say, spiritual beings in a human body, then what if our spiritual needs begin to override our human wants?  Not just part of the aging process or a remake of the 60’s, but a vanguard of generosity whose bounty is beyond what we have ever witnessed.   

I was watching one of those travel guide programs the other evening.  There is a group of  Asian people who have no word for  “want” in their language.  They did have words for give and take.  They took what they needed and gave what they had.  They only had possessions they needed. They travelled light!

Like a child, they live in the Now.  What if we had no wants?  What do we need…..now?  Perhaps a review of Maslow's Needs list is in order.  Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs consists of:

Most of us have fulfilled a significant part of all five categories listed.  Imagine if we collectively concentrated more on attaining these needs than on capturing the illusive butterfly of "wants".  

We could devote more energy assisting each other realize these basic human needs.  And, like the little butterfly girl pictured above, we could imitate the wonder of transition through our participation in Now!

So how you doin?   

 Joyfully!

  

Anthony