Comments on: When anti-aging is aging you

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:19:00 +0000

Here, Here! Aging with grace is possible and I for one would love to see many more women embrace it. Beauty coming from the inside out is magnificent to see. Some women can exude beauty and sensuality without ever having to transform their appearance or show everything they’ve got.
One woman I always thought was beautiful was Audrey Hepburn. A lot of her youthful appearance came from her elegant style but also the dedication and energy given to charitable work. Being passionate about something outside of self can keep you young too!

By: Gillean

Gillean — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 03:24:23 +0000

I always love it when this topic comes up in conversation..and I am entirely on the same page as you,Jennifer. The trick is to learn to accept your ‘self’, inside and out. My personal belief is that the outside image reflects the inner state of being. Those who strive to continually alter physical appearance (or resist the changes caused by aging) might have more intense issues that are even more worthy of their focus on the inside. So here’s to aging with grace!

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:30:07 +0000

Well said!! Thanks for the comment. Our gifts and packaging are unique and should be positively developed but that isn’t the focus. Our society has gotten even more interested in being permanently stuck at an age they felt attractive or just plain inventing an entirely new person.

The beauty industry would not agree with anything I said, it thrives on consumer weakness and gullibility.

If self esteem could be injected or surgically implanted the beauty industry would be scrambling – “Ahh! Quick! Tell them they will die without this cream…anything….just get them back to believing they need us in order to be happy!” “Show them the ugly mirror, the one that makes their body and face look twice as old! QUICK!!” $$$$$

By: Pat (aka Trish)

Pat (aka Trish) — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:21:42 +0000

Good article Jennifer, although I do not think that the multi million beauty industry will agree with you!
Personally, I realised a very long time ago that if I was going to depend on my looks for any success, (or for that matter my coordination), I was barking up the wrong tree or simply SOL!

We have all been given different gifts, the secret is, I think, is to find and develop your own gifts and packaging.