We live in a world where many are trying to look younger, but does the word old affect you? I was once told by a woman that children are afraid of old people! We live in a world that does not respect age by the mere fact wrinkles and grey hair have more attack weapons than any pest or unwanted creatures…Now most of us want to look younger or should I say healthier ? Old is usually said with disrespect and disdain…I don’t look for titles But for those who want to stay healthy and “younger” looking….then we must feed the soul, and the body, release hate and stress, look for the best, smile often just for the “upward exercise” love the quiet time that you are blessed with and use it to think on what you want for yourself and others and then set out to make it happen for someone else besides yourself and don’t forget you! God hasn’t.
| Does the word “old” set you off? I have the secret to aging beautifully |
October 08, 2009
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The toughest part for me, as an adult who has put my difficult childhood behind me, is dealing with family members who are in denial about anything being amiss about how we were raised and the impact this has had on our on-going relationships.
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Agreed. I never thought I was vain until I had a mastectomy at age 39. I was devastated and told the doc I wanted to wake up with implants. Now at age 60, I am lopsided and wondering if I was just avoiding the inevitable. You get what you get and you
Sounds very interesting.
You’ve said it very well. I refuse to tell my age because some will immediately pigeon hole you in a certain category. Coming from a different culture, I was not amused when I attended a 40th BD party with all the negativity about age.
I find myself looking at 60, and what I see is that I’ve arrived to my true self and need to play this game with the cards that I picked and not those that I discarded or lost along the way.
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I like that MagentaRO…..I never mind telling my age until I got pass 55 and I notice people try to place you in a certain “spot” overlooking your abilities….and deciding you don’t have many “good years ” left …so they pass you over…..while all the time some of thoes in their 30-40 are not as capable ….so I still tell it but I don’t volunteer anymore.
Both of you, magentarose and fayettesipp, have “put it out there” very nicely. I’ve had friends from other cultures say they never tell their ages, whereas I’m very open about it because I don’t want to treat it as a black mark against me. However, when I read what fayette said about people placing you in a certain spot and her other comments, I decided that I’m not going to volunteer the info either. However, unless you are always guarding your tongue, your general age will be known eventually and that’s ok, because you’re going to be accepted or not. And if not, you really don’t need to be with those people anyway.
I agree, there still are thoes questions like what year did you graduate? , or how old are your kids?…
I once had a teacher of whom I was teaching her class art , I began to feel she was a little “protective” of her students as they seem to enjoy my class to much…
she had told me her age (she looked much older than me), but i didn’t volunteer my age to her…so she waited until I was in front of her class and she asked my age!!
I calmly told her, and her mouth dropped, and the kids began to say things like I athought she was in her 30′s ( kids are time blind LOL) but I don’t look my age and I still wear the same size clothes as when I was in high school…she then preceded to use ;my age as a time table lesson for ups we have go,
i am an open book, but the young people around me say that i do not act old. Whatever that means. I am a little crazy, dance w/o music, talk about anything with ease but if saying your age is a thing for u… just answer a question with another question…. how old do i look?
Ley, you are something else. I am the same. I am 51, dance, play, swim and forget my age just because I can. Love to laugh!
I may get old I refuse to grow up. Getting old beats the alternative, at least you are on the right side of the dirt. Besides you can get away with more when people think you are old, as grandma use to say, if a 30 something tells you that you look stupid you are in trouble, if at 80 she says the say thing people just say silly old lady