What is Beauty?

What Is Beauty?

It's not about the lines on the face or the gray in the hair - it's about the wisdom behind them. Rather than lamenting the passing of the years, celebrate what you have achieved, learned and earned, for your benefit and the benefit of others.

Ref: Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging

Every morning when I look in the mirror, I resent the lines in my face, the double chin and 25 lbs that I've accumulated over the years. I look for the person I used to be, the one who could ride a horse, play tennis for hours , hike and was considered to be a pretty girl with long eyelashes and dimples. I want to be her again....but it will never happen.

Then I think about my friends, people I grew up with, went to school with and enjoyed life with. So many of them have passed away, are in bad health, or are living a life that they never planned on, some in nursing homes, some in assisted living.

I have nothing to complain about....a few wrinkles, a few pounds what are they compared to a wheel chair, cane or being bedridden for the remainder of my life.