Nature teaches us so many important lessons, but most people don't pay any attention. The biggest lesson of all is not to become attached. Nothing is permanent. Nothing. We are a speck of algae afloat in an ocean so big we can't even see the edges.
People chase youth like they haven't earned every laugh line and smile crease on their aging faces. We bleach and dye our hair and tattoo our faces to look ever younger. Slice and dice our beautiful, time marked skin to falsify ourselves.
I've never been a youth chaser. I like to do what makes me feel good. FOR ME. But not for anyone else. Our youth is not permanent. Even how our face looks today, this very moment. It will never look that way again. We are ever-changing creatures.
This was me in my 30's
Here I am at 52.
There are many times in history where I would be dead, or considered a super-elder. A wise woman in my tribe who outsmarted death. In today's society I'm just "middle aged." Or as my precious husband likes to put it "A Woman of a Certain Age."
I feel I laugh more, smile much much more (I used to be super conscious of my teeth. Now I'm just happy to still have them.) Forgive quickly. Help without question. Love harder. Hug longer. I truly appreciate each day and have nothing but gratitude for my life.
I should have died a handful of times over. Without modern science I would have. Each day is precious to me. I know that nothing lasts for ever. Especially not my fragile existence. Definitely not my outer beauty. And I'm ok with that.
