Birthdays are good for you.
Statistics show that the people who have the most
live the longest.
Larry Lorenzoni
Another birthday for me this week and I am happy to notice that I’m in a good place–of surrender! I can patiently sit through women’s conversations about weight, diets, workout obsessions, and cosmetic procedures without feeling compelled to chime in or do something about myself. But when I hear the husbands discuss the exact same topics among themselves, I do wonder, “What has our world come to?” As we age, is it our fear of death that makes us cling to vestiges of youth and beauty? Why, just a couple of centuries ago, men and women could not have even expected to live past their 40’s! I say anything beyond it is a big bonus to relish, not worry over. 😉
So what does help me age graciously? A wicked sense of humor, the thought (and threat) of the example I’m giving my daughter, and taking a lifetime to question what I grew up believing. Plus there was that secret pact I made as a teen with God that I would not complain about anything else if my pimples would just go away, pretty please. Reality is always easier to bear with a little grin as in this Stop The Beauty Madness ad campaign.
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xoxox
Sharon Birke
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Sharon@PowerfulGoddess.com
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