A few things to remember!

Eleanor Roosevelt said some fine and pertinent things:

• You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing which you think you cannot do.



• No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.



• Remember always that you not only have the right to be an individual, you have an obligation to be one.

In the Mirror!

Just what do we see when we look in the mirror? Do we see the woman we are, and delight in that reflection, or do we mourn the loss of youth? Do we see the lines around the eyes and mouth as part of growing older, and the wisdom that we’ve gained from experiences. Or do we contemplate cosmetic surgery to tighten the loosening skin, to erase the wrinkles, and to lift the sagging skin? As we take in the rest of our body from the neck down, do we turn away from our curves and tell ourselves we’re no longer attractive to anyone, even to ourselves.

Always yearning for that which is not practical, or sensible, or affordable, is a waste of precious time. What does “wishing” gain? Let’s start “accepting”, “being” and “doing”. Let’s have a more “positive” outlook.

See our curves (and added weight); the wrinkles, the greying hair, the gravitational changes that our bodies have undergone, as uniquely ours.

The years are a blessing, we have learned from them and in that learning we have the ability and the capability of mentoring younger women in the art of “acceptance”.