57

Okay. So I obviously lack serious skills in the selfie department and here’s an amusing attempt at mocking myself up as a queen on my 57th birthday. 🤴 But regardless…

“Happy Birthday to Me!”

As I wake up to this day and the larger number here’s what is on my mind regarding aging:

My grandmother, as she was nearing 90, confided in me that it was a shock to look in the mirror and see her aged and lined face reflected back at her. She just knew, based on how she felt in her heart, that she was still a young woman! Her spirit and her chronological age were at odds with one another. That comment made a big impression on me.

No kidding I thought, she possessed one of the liveliest spirits I had ever known. I simply loved being around her energy, which at that moment I began to understand was eternally youthful.

The passing years can bring all kinds of changes for the good and not so great, but as my beloved angel✨of a grandmother helped me see so many years ago, the secret to eternal youth is taking care of your spirit. Guard it and protect it, let it play while resisting any societal definitions and restrictions of what is appropriate and possible for you as the years pass. Embrace your inner child, young girl, and powerful woman.

If looking in the mirror you’re surprised at what is reflected back, it just might mean you are living your life in the best way possible!