How many of us think to stand naked before a mirror and say, “Good morning, Beautiful! (or Handsome, as the case may be) You’re looking great today!” Crazy, right? Especially if the body looking back at us is not exactly young and lithe. But, then, who decided that only youth could possess beauty? Or that beauty was the purview of the single-chinned? It may be true that the very young are beautiful in their innocence, but then experience sets in, along with betrayal, lack of trust and sometimes much, much worse, and those innocent eyes, full of light, begin to take on a wary cast. And who also said that the body was the only indicator of the beautiful?
We grow into ourselves...
I believe that we grow into ourselves. We develop the stance that stands proudly before the world saying, “Watch me!” We take from within ourselves all the raw material from which we build that so interesting person we are constantly becoming, and anyone who thinks we ever stop growing up is way off the mark. We will be in a state of “becoming” until we take that last breath…and who knows what may come after that!
We have earned those wrinkles...
Yes, the surgeon can eliminate a few folds and make smooth again an aging face, but we have earned those wrinkles, and to hate them is to belittle the history that comes with them. If we are willing, every year can bring us greater awareness and increasing wisdom. We become more than just skin deep. We become real people, and every smile hints at the world of ourselves that we have been discovering.
What a lovely ride it is...
Iconic screen actress, Bette Davis, standing before an audience, puffing indignantly on a cigarette, once snarled, “Fasten your seat belts. It’s going to be a bumpy ride!’ Yes…maybe…sometimes…but what a lovely ride it is!
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