[women_of_phoenix] Re: Please Read :-)
- From: Angela Kireka <ange.mat@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: women_of_phoenix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 14:14:24 -0700 (PDT)
Thank you Stella and Sha...I felt like I was reading about me :o)
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From: stella corner <stellacorner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: women_of_phoenix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, 27 September, 2010 12:26:24 AM
Subject: [women_of_phoenix] Re: Please Read :-)
Fantastic wording and so true.
I have stopped fretting about silly little things as I have got older,and now
appreciate things that used to get me stressed.
--- On Fri, 24/9/10, Sharon Gillam <sgillam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>From: Sharon Gillam <sgillam@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [women_of_phoenix] Re: Please Read :-)
>To: women_of_phoenix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Friday, 24 September, 2010, 6:52
>
>
>I absolutely love this. THANK YOU!
>
>--- On Wed, 9/22/10, Helen Knott <hiknott2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>From: Helen Knott <hiknott2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Subject: [women_of_phoenix] Please Read :-)
>>To: "Carolann Morris" <cazmor@xxxxxxxxxxx>, women_of_phoenix@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Date: Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 12:22 PM
>>
>>
>> I would never trade my amazing friends, my wonderful life, my loving
>>family
>>for less gray hair or a flatter belly. As I've aged, I've become kinder to
>>myself, and less critical of myself. I've become my own friend. I don't chide
>>myself for eating that extra cookie, or for not making my bed, or for buying
>>that silly cement gecko that I didn't need, but looks so avante garde on my
>>patio. I am entitled to a treat, to be messy, to be extravagant.
>>
>>
>>
>>I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon; before they
>>understood the great freedom that comes with aging.
>>
>>
>>Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 AM
>>and sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of
>>the
>>60 &70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love .....
>>I
>>will.
>>
>>I will walk the beach in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body,
>>and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the
>>pitying
>>glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
>>
>>
>>I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as
>>well forgotten. And I eventually remember the important things.
>>
>>
>>Sure, over the years my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break
>>when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's
>>beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength
>>and understanding and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and
>>sterile
>>and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
>>
>>
>>I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and
>>to
>>have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face.
>>
>>
>>So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could
>>turn
>>silver.
>>
>>
>>
>>As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what
>>other
>>people think.. I don't question myself anymore.. I've even earned the
>>right to
>>be wrong.
>>
>>
>>So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I
>>like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I
>>am
>>still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or
>>worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if
>>I
>>feel like it).
>>
>>
>>
>>MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM
>>THE
>>HEART!
>>
>>
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