R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Thoughts
"There is a fountain of youth. It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring in your life and the lives of people you love..." ~Sophia Loren
On rare occasions, I think about getting old. Every so often,I look at myself in the mirror and see the lines and the wrinkles instead of the experience and the fun. But you know what? Unless you die, everyone gets older. Just make sure you don't die before your body does. I know I am a much more interesting woman now than I was at 25 or 35 or even 55. I am not afraid to explore new things. I look for ways to stretch my mind. I get excited about new projects. I am eager to learn new things. I try to eat right. I try to exercise enough. I laugh a lot. I cry when I need to. Plus, I have so much to get done every day that I don't have much time to waste worrying about something that happens to absolutely everyone. C'est la vie! And as far as I'm concerned, even though I use my face cream faithfully, I think it's pretty ridiculous to try to stop that process. Put your wily wisdom to work! Get completely involved in something! Have your grandkids (or other R.A.D.I.C.A.L. Women!) over for a good old-fashioned sleepover! Don't get in the "old" rut! There is an 84 year old man in our city who runs six miles a day and organizes and oversees the annual GroundHog Day Run to raise money for charity. I could give thousands of examples of people in their REALLY senior years doing incredible things! Get passionate about something and you will never grow old. And incidentally, the apostle Paul tells the Christians at Corinth .... "even though our bodies are getting older our inner strength in the Lord is growing every day!" The reality is ... if we're living like we should, our real selves are actually getting younger all the time!
"So we're not giving up! How could we? Even though on the outside it looks like things are falling apart on us, on the inside, where God is making new life, not a day goes by without his unfolding grace." ~ 2 Corinthians 4:16 (The Message)
