The future never comes because when it's here, it's today.
Today is fresh, new, beautiful. I want to believe it's a fresh start. Since I'm writing this, I can say whatever I want. If you want to listen to me, come on in, it's a great day to be alive.
About aging, what can I say? I got so excited when I began reading Christiane Northrup's book, Goddesses Don't Age, and thought, Wow, we need this. We need women encouraging each other to be strong, not to accept standard views, to stay ageless."
We can't really be ageless; the body goes on with its changes, but our attitudes affect that, and our attitudes can be ageless. We can stop saying things such as "At my age." We can stop giving our age entirely.
When someone asked my mother-in-law her age, she would say, " I forgive you for asking that personal question." I thought I was following her example, but a doctor's office is different, isn't it?
Once, I gave my age to my Naturopath. I figured she knew anyway, but she hadn't done the math or even looked at the number. I don't know why I gave away that information, except we were talking about my recent birthday.
She whipped out a Polst page--I didn't know what that was, but I soon learned that it is an advance directive of what I want if a medical team finds me unconscious, or not able to speak for myself. (It stands for Provider Orders for Sustaining Treatment) I was totally insulted.
A Polst is a good idea, but at that moment I knew that she saw me differently. Before, we were contemporaries, but now I'm older. See, people, even doctors, judge you by your age.
So, people, we need to stick together. We need to encourage each other to live in an aura of agelessness.
That's my desire.
