2.1.13    The 25th Commandment: 

Embrace Thineself As Does Life 

From conversation about 'When Is Old?'   

First of all, honey, you're not old yet. 
My clients and friends and I have this discussion often. We all weigh in. 

WHEN are you OLD? One 88 year old I know says you're old when all you talk about is your health problems and your doctor visits.

The rest of us shore each other up, with the intention of being realistic and yet not throwing in towels anywhere. 

So, yes,  wrinkles and additional health stuff and mobility/stiffness concerns and vision and maybe eventually hearing, yet vital and involved and wiser...right? 

Myself, I love being a crone, a crone being an as-gorgeous-as-each-of-us-IS older wrinklier, sometimes skinnier and sometimes rounder person who has seen a bunch, loves a bunch, creates a bunch, and supports others without a lot of self-gratifying agenda. .....

and then sharing with each other the experiences of our nights and days, word by sigh by dream by ache by song by sunrise by present moment.