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Honoring Self on Your Special Day

May 28, 2010 By 1 Comment

Today is my birthday.  This year I became active on Facebook, Twitter and to some extent LinkedIn.  For someone who is fairly private it gives me a feeling of being “exposed.”

So today, when I received birthday well wishes my first thought was to “poo-poo” it and just ignore it.  Of course it prompted me to think why?

For many of us we are so used to doing for others that when others recognize us it isn’t an easy thing to accept.  What I know to be true is that most people have a basic goodness.  I like people and love to learn from them.  People really do want to help others, we just need to let them in to do it.  This is not the time to rationalize the ‘why’ of this because what’s important here is that we are ALL special people.

We all have a purpose and were put on this earth to serve that purpose.  So on the day of all days, your birthday, honor yourself.  Allow yourself to bask in your own goodness and receive the well wishes of those who love and support you.  I know I’ll give it a go today.

Enough said, have an extra piece of cake today and remember:

“Look Good, Feel Great and Have FUN Doing It!”

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Honoring Beauty at Any Age

May 8, 2010 By 2 Comments

I was in the book store recently looking at all the book titles in the “beauty and health” section. You know the section I’m talking about. These are three of the many books that promise “ageless beauty”:
Maybe it’s because my birthday is coming, but it sure seems to me there is a whole bunch of “aging” beauties out there trying NOT to look old.

Did you watch Dancing with the Stars this season? I don’t  tune in often, but did on the night that Buzz Aldrin, former Astronaut was dancing his last dance.  The guy is my dad’s age,  and I would guess that his wife is about the same age.

Good for him for getting out there and being active and alive.  When they panned to his wife I started to think about “ageless beauty”.

This photo was published in 2009, and I won’t get into what I would suggest to his wife.  The photo itself isn’t bad-I just get the sense that they are trying to look “young” NOT simply being “youthful”.

The fact is, we all age or at least I hope to have that opportunity!  The challenge it to stay vibrant, healthy, and youthful NOT YOUNG. They say with age come wisdom.  I think some of that wisdom goes out the door when we look in the mirror!

We tend to turn to easy (albeit often expensive) fixes.  You know what I mean, injections, hair and other implants, dye, even surgeries.  The challenge is to make the appropriate changes that will allow you to continue to look as youthful (not young) on the outside as you may feel on the inside.

With age comes wisdom and earned respect.  Don’t lose that by making fatal mistakes that dramatically alter your appearance.

My mother-in-law who as never had a single thing done to her (not even dyed her hair) said recently, “sometimes it just makes things worse”.  Her beauty secret is to always put a bit of rouge on and lipstick.  She told me just last week that “as you age, you need to start wearing less makeup-as it makes you look more harsh”. Now, that’s a beauty secret that I can keep up with!  So here’s to being beautiful inside and out!

“Look Good, Feel Great and Have FUN Doing It!”

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