So, You Wanted to Blog?

I've always wanted to blog, well, as long as I've known that blogs exist. However, I found out that, in order to blog, you have to actually write about something! I knew that could be a problem. Then I realized I had to make lots of decisions - like what to title my blog, which layout to use, determine my purpose, what to write about. I'm smart enough to know that those issues are important, too important to rush into blogging. So, here I am several years later and it's obvious I didn't rush!

I hope you like the layout I chose. I hope you like the name of the blog. But, purpose? I just want to express myself, explore my sense of humor,hopefully inspire, maybe provoke discussion, but not necessarily all in the same blog. I hope reading my blog will be worth your time. Thank you for allowing me to share a little of who I am.

Aging. It's been on my mind lately. My birthday is approaching quickly, so I am thinking about what it means to get "older" and about our culture's perspective of the "older" person. Okay, I admit it. What do you think about ME as an "older" person? I look in the mirror and I see someone that looks, at least, twenty years younger than my chronological age. Then, I go to the grocery store on Senior Citizens discount day and I get the discount without having to ask for it. Obviously, the mirror lied. How can this be? I've concluded that the mirror reflects accurately the age I FEEL. Now, that's the ultimate magic mirror! So, if I like what I see in the mirror, I'm energized and others are drawn to my zest for life.

Another benefit of beoming an "older" person is feeling wise and superior in that wisdom. (See those wise statements in the preceding paragraph?) I probably have some room to grow in humility too. I just can't help it - that wisdom just creeps into conversations. Why can't I have "young" conversations, be frivolous, without injecting the wisdom of my years? I wouldn't have much to say. I don't keep up with fashion or new television shows, don't gossip, don't have an interesting job, so experience and wisdom is left. And then I don't sound like an "older" person, I sound like an "old" person, one who only has the past!

Yikes! Who knew aging would be so complicated? My earth suit is only temporary, so why be concerned how others in our youth obsessed culture view me? I'm looking forward to escaping the bonds of earth when this earth suit will dissolve and my eternal beauty will emerge! No more make-up, moisturizers, exfoliating creams, volumizing shampoo. Freedom!

Whew! Blogging is exhausting. So until something inspirational, funny, infuriating or a whim to write comes to me...............