In the later seasons of life, a subtle shift often takes place — an unspoken heaviness that arrives quietly, without clear reason. There are days when the heart feels low, not because something is outwardly wrong, but because something within is stirring. A sense of loneliness, a faint sadness, or the feeling of being left behind begins to surface. In such moments, many elders find themselves asking softly, “Why do I feel this way?”

The answer rarely lies in the present alone. More often, it is rooted in layers of lived experience — old memories, unfulfilled expectations, and emotions that time has carefully preserved. These feelings are not signs of weakness; they are signals. They invite reflection, not resistance.

The Sufi mystic Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi once wrote, “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” What we feel........

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