OVER THE MOON CLUB

MISSION STATEMENT AND OBJECTIVES

 

Choose to live your dream

The Mission of the Over The Moon Club is to create a community and

support system of like-minded and caring people and to enjoy opportunities

for personal en intellectual growth.

 

The activities of the club are in line with the principles described in Hannetjie’s

 book Over the Hill Moon – A Guide to Positive Ageing.

 

THE OBJECTIVES ARE AMONGST OTHERS:

 

• To increase well-being through meaningful social contact;
• To provide opportunities for fun and friendship;
• To embrace change and extend boundaries thinking and being;
• To create a forum where positive living principles can be learnt and
  practiced;
• To create opportunities for expansion of knowledge and interests –
  continued learning;
• To create opportunities for sharing of knowledge, skills, products
  and services;
• To live, work and play in a positive and loving way.

 

DR HANNETJIE SHARES HOW THE OVER THE MOON CLUB

LOGO WAS CHOSEN

 

Those of you who know me already will probably also know that I love

peacocks and that for a while there were three of them gracing our garden

here at home. To me, very few things are as magnificent as a peacock in full

display and their beauty more than compensates for their awkward calls,

especially during mating season.

 

I often had the pleasure of them showing off right at my office window,

which they used as their personal preening mirror. What a spectacular sight

and fascinating krrr - sound as they strut forwards and back, shimmying and

rustling their feathers as a dancer would rustle a fan.

 

Unfortunately some of our neighbours were a little less enamoured with their

presence than me and after a few rather unpleasant altercations and a visit

from the police, the peacocks had to find another home.

They now live at the zoo and from time to time I visit them and fall in love all over again.

 

(Did you know that the peacock is India’s national bird? Hmmm, that’s interesting for me considering that I believe that I’ve had incarnations in India – interesting throwback!)

 

THE PEACOCK AND FULL MOON – SYMBOLS OF THE OVER THE MOON CLUB

 

We chose the peacock as our logo because of its rich complexity. It is a symbol found in many cultures, representing royalty, abundance and many blessings. Amongst other things:

 

• The peacock represents immortality, longevity and love - a natural symbol of the stars of the sky.
• It is associated with dignity, rank and beauty and its flesh is believed to be incorruptible.
• Its rain dance is associated with the spiral – another complex spiritual symbol, related to the soul’s search, growth and evolution.
• In Buddhism the patterns on the feathers echoed by the rounded tail surrounding an orb, denote compassion, watchfulness and rising above worldly things.
• The peacock is an emblem of Sarasvati – the Hindu goddess of wisdom, music and poetry.

 

For the Over the Moon Club all the glorious tail feathers, each one a masterpiece in its own right,represent our OTM community, achieving true splendor through the collective magnificence of its members.

 

In our logo the peacock is silhouetted against the backdrop of the bright, expansive full moon in vivid sunflower yellow, the colour of communication, joy, sharing, fun and happiness.

 

• The moon itself is also symbol of immortality, perpetual renewal, enlightenment, serenity and beauty.
• The full moon signifies completion, radiance, strength and spiritual power, whilst the crescent moon relates to divinity, fertile beginnings and auspicious times to start new activities.
• In Hindu symbolism the crescent moon represents the newborn – quick and eager in growth, as well as the cup of the elixir of immortality.

 

I hope you will come to love our symbols and logo as much as I do and please join our group of fabulous friends at the OTM Club.

 

Find us as at:

 

         OverTheMoonHannetjieEdeling

 

          @DrHannetjie

 

          Over the Moon Moments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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