Getting Older. Five Mostly Positive Reflections.
By Erica and Karen
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We are getting older. We learn more each year, which perhaps makes us smarter, but the force of gravity seems to increase each year, too. Is that a new law of science?
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Age has not changed us. We’re still who we always were. We wish everyone else knew that.
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We do not want to be, or look, younger. We do want to live in the same world as younger people. We think they want us to be there, too.
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We are pleased to have reached an idyllic stage where we can appear as we wish and do what we wish—within limits—because we don’t care that much what other people think about us. Quite liberating.
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In the time of COVID, and daily mass shootings, and other televised deaths, we are grateful to be getting older.
Those are all positives to be grateful for but as a goal/product-oriented person all through my life, I’m finding difficulty sensing having some purpose in my life. I’ve finished a bunch of projects (writing, crafting, etc) during quarantine and now nothing much exites me.
Great reflections. I noticed that I had not worn any makeup (except lipstick) over the last few months due to an eye issue. This would have bothered me (okay, more than a little) as I love the enhancement of eyeliner and shadow. It doesn’t bother me at all these days. It feels marvelous to be able to appear as pure me without feeling "less than". Wow, I have earned that ease. We all have.
And when my doctor explained that I needed a biopsy that included an incision in that area, I never once thought or worried about the scarring that may result . I felt only the gratitude of having excellent medical care. How absolutely liberating. I love this turnabout.
Getting older or maturing through time? I am grateful through it all, that I have listened to the people who experienced COVID, died from COVID,and never got COVID. I’m thankful that I stayed sane to experience much more maturity of accepting life as grace. Be well