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Making the Best of the Aging Process

There was no respect for youth when I was young,
and now that I am old, there is no respect for age -
I missed it coming and going.
~J.B. Priestly~

Maybe I’m a different breed then most, but I never got into telling someone they were old. And I never laughed with other kids about it, either. I’ve just never found it funny. Well, my daughter loves to tease me and say that I’m old. I don’t know why she bothers doing it because she knows it doesn’t bother me. Her answer is either, “I don’t know” or she just thinks it’s funny. I used to laugh about it, but it got old for me. Pun totally intended. My daughter would also think it’s funny that I said, “totally”. Heh. Kids.:)

I know I have gray hair. I know I have bags and dark circles under my eyes. I also know that it’s been easier for me to gain weight than it was when I was a child up until I was pregnant with my second child. Luckily I’ve also found that it’s easy for me to lose weight. Maybe it’s because that’s what I believe. I used to say that it difficult for me and it was. Since I’ve tuned to a higher and more deep (make sense?) frequency, my thoughts have changed which has change my reality.

So, I’ve accepted the way I look, bags and all and while I believe that everything is possible and that includes eliminating the signs of aging, I also know that worrying about it and getting upset when someone calls me “old” can cause stress which can ultimately cause even more signs. Like stress lines, for instance. I’m not gonna promise that if you click here, it won’t cause stress, but it shouldn’t. I don’t know why it would. If it does, may you need more than just wrinkle cream.

So, what I’m going to do instead, is learn what I can from the experts and do the best with what I have to take care of myself, which includes meditating for 2 hours each day. One hour in the morning and one hour at night. Which has become one of, if not my favorite parts of my day. It is so calming. The more I do it, the more I wanna do it. My daughter would also get a kick out of that. Saying “do it.” She got that phrase from “That 70s Show”. Thanks Kelso.8-P

Having gray hair doesn’t bother me. It never has. The bags? I’m getting used to them. I also have smile lines. Wrinkles. Sure I’d like to not have them, but, like I said, worrying about it will only cause me to get more somewhere else. Then those would be worry lines, not smile line.

There is always a lot to be thankful for,
if you take the time to look.
For example, I’m sitting here thinking
how nice it is that wrinkles don’t hurt.
~Author Unknown~