Growing Older

I think it is okay to grow older.  I am not crazy about all of the things that are happening to my body.  I do believe that we invent beauty and beauty can be whatever we want it to be.  Wrinkled skin need not be a sign of decrepitude.  Wrinkled skin can just as easily be a sign for desired wisdom and knowledge.  Sagging skin and muscles need not be a sign of an advancing breakdown, but rather of life’s rate of motion changing.

We can do things that increase the probability of living longer, and I think that we should do these things.  I do not think that we should pursue youth.  My mother always said that she never wanted to be 20 again, and I was 40 before I understood her sentiment.  She enjoyed and loved beauty, but she did not chase young beauty, instead she flourished in her own beauty.

Appreciating who we are right now is an important principle for all humans to adopt.  It also requires an acceptance of right here, right now.  Sounds a little bit Zen to me…