Don't Believe What They Say
Women always struggle with the aging process, and the media only reinforces the insecurities that we feel. Although I have become more comfortable in my skin as the years have passed, I still have that voice whispering in my ear when I see “those” ads on TV or in magazines. The ones that tell us women that we are not enough as we are. The never-ending commercials by actresses who lead you to believe that you can look as youthful as they do just by using the products they are selling. Anyone over the age of 60 will not look better than they did in their 30’s by using face creams. I, for one, am insulted by their arrogance for thinking we will believe their claims.
If you are over the age of 40 and have skin as smooth as a baby's behind (as the old expression goes), some work has been done. A plastic surgeon can make your skin that tight and smooth, but not a face cream. Moisturizers are important, and can improve the look and feel of your skin; however, you will still have lines from living life.
I have always tried to take care of my skin, but I now see the "crinkles" by my eyes when I smile, and when I am tired it shows much more than it did in my 30's. Living life and smiling will always show on your face in time, and what is wrong with that?
Some advice to young women:
1. Don't believe everything you see or hear in advertisements.
2. Wear as little makeup as possible - it clogs your pores and your skin
can't breathe.
3. Wash your face twice a day and use a good moisturizer made from
ingredients as natural as possible (ditch all the chemicals).
4. Keep in mind that if someone looks half their age then they had work
done - don't compare yourself to them.
5. Enjoy life, smile and be thankful for every line as you get older. You
have earned them.
We all will have days when we look in the mirror with a bit of dismay. But remind yourself that what you see has come from living life. Cherish every moment and every laugh line that came with them. Never let anyone make you feel that you are not enough. You are beautiful, and enough, just as you are.
Below are some very wise words that have been on social media recently – please read, believe and share:
There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering
“It’s time.”
“You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing wiser and wilder....
There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and the companionship of hindsight, and you will really let go.
It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and the ridicule of schedule and conformity and start experiencing the joys that a life, free of containment and guilt, can bring.”
She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you that you’ve done your bit. You’ve given too much, cared too much, you’ve suffered too much.
You’ve bought the book, as it were, and worn the t-shirt.
Worse, you’ve worn the chains and carried the weight of a burden far too heavy for your shoulders.
“It’s time” she will say.
“Let it go, really let it go and feel the freedom of the fresh, clean spaces within you. Fill them with discovery, love and laughter. Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day with the excitement of a child.”
She will remind you that if you choose to stop caring what other people think of you and instead care what you think of you, you will experience a new era of your life you never dreamed possible.
‘It’s time’ she will say…
“to write the ending, or new beginning, of your own story.”
Author: Donna Ashworth
If you are over the age of 40 and have skin as smooth as a baby's behind (as the old expression goes), some work has been done. A plastic surgeon can make your skin that tight and smooth, but not a face cream. Moisturizers are important, and can improve the look and feel of your skin; however, you will still have lines from living life.
I have always tried to take care of my skin, but I now see the "crinkles" by my eyes when I smile, and when I am tired it shows much more than it did in my 30's. Living life and smiling will always show on your face in time, and what is wrong with that?
Some advice to young women:
1. Don't believe everything you see or hear in advertisements.
2. Wear as little makeup as possible - it clogs your pores and your skin
can't breathe.
3. Wash your face twice a day and use a good moisturizer made from
ingredients as natural as possible (ditch all the chemicals).
4. Keep in mind that if someone looks half their age then they had work
done - don't compare yourself to them.
5. Enjoy life, smile and be thankful for every line as you get older. You
have earned them.
We all will have days when we look in the mirror with a bit of dismay. But remind yourself that what you see has come from living life. Cherish every moment and every laugh line that came with them. Never let anyone make you feel that you are not enough. You are beautiful, and enough, just as you are.
Below are some very wise words that have been on social media recently – please read, believe and share:
There comes a day, somewhere in the middle of every woman’s life, when Mother Nature herself stands behind us and wraps her arms around our shoulders, whispering
“It’s time.”
“You have taken enough now. It’s time to stop growing up, stop growing older and start growing wiser and wilder....
There are adventures still waiting on you and this time, you will enjoy them with the vision of wisdom and the companionship of hindsight, and you will really let go.
It’s time to stop the madness of comparison and the ridicule of schedule and conformity and start experiencing the joys that a life, free of containment and guilt, can bring.”
She will shake your shoulders gently and remind you that you’ve done your bit. You’ve given too much, cared too much, you’ve suffered too much.
You’ve bought the book, as it were, and worn the t-shirt.
Worse, you’ve worn the chains and carried the weight of a burden far too heavy for your shoulders.
“It’s time” she will say.
“Let it go, really let it go and feel the freedom of the fresh, clean spaces within you. Fill them with discovery, love and laughter. Fill yourself so full you will no longer fear what is ahead and instead you will greet each day with the excitement of a child.”
She will remind you that if you choose to stop caring what other people think of you and instead care what you think of you, you will experience a new era of your life you never dreamed possible.
‘It’s time’ she will say…
“to write the ending, or new beginning, of your own story.”
Author: Donna Ashworth
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