Yesterday, I went to see Menopause, the Musical! with a group of friends - what a gas! It was about changing from one phase of life to another, specifically women in midlife, but this is applicable to all genders, all ages. The show climaxes with the song I Got a New Attitude, as the four women come to accept the differences in their bodies, minds and spirits.
Don't you wish you'd been aware, as a 20-year old, that confidence and self-acceptance are infinitely sexier than a size 2 waistline? Perhaps you did know. Me, not so much. I simply couldn't see myself as 'pretty enough.' This is probably a common problem, thanks, in part, to the ravenous media which needs to airbrush SuperModels so that they're 'pretty enough.'
The point here is that Beauty, that which brings aesthetic gratification simply by being nearby, is not limited to one image, one skin tone, one age, or even one's look, at all. Rather, it is one's outlook that speaks volumes to the world.
What does yours say?
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After 22 years of recovery and plastic surgery and 101 through advanced life lessons on sex, etc etc etc oh did i say being a mother. . . . all this got me at 47 where i should have been at 16 in high school. better late than never. i'm showing up to my 30 year reunion -- i'll be looking as hot as i should have in 1979 with a little more gravity than i had then. My outlook - F*KEN FABULOUS FINALLY!
ReplyDeleteThis is beautifully written and so true. There is much that we can't change, but we do have control of the single most important thing - Our Attitude. I'm looking forward to sharing your essays with my daughter. Thank you!
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