black and white version of my five plus two post for the theme "embrace",
sometimes i can't believe that i have reached my 64th year. in high school, my friends and i would pay five centavos (at the time equivalent to an american nickel as the exchange was 1:1) to the old lady who sold cut up fruits just outside the gate for telling us our future. a couple of times i was told i would die in my 50th year. that would've been in 2003. at the time, 50 to us was old. gheez, 30 to us was old! the 21st century was a far off time and place during the 60's.
of course the predictions were a hoax, something you don't give credence to as you grow old and wiser. when my 50th birthday arrived, i didn't even remember those high school days.
the other day i was telling someone that we may yet have to witness canada's 200th birthday (canada celebrated its 150th birthday last weekend). i calculated i'd be 114 by then, wrinkled and pruney, senile and blind, deaf and the way my hair is falling, i'd probably be even bald. or probably not. heck, i don't have one sickness in my body at the moment, and i don't know of anyone over 60 who is not suffering from any kind of disease. okay, so i have arthritis - after 60 years, the manufacturer's defects would inevitably show.
but you embrace old age with a view to enjoying yourself. you're free from the responsibility of raising children, you've earned your life well. old age should not be looked upon as the end to your life, but the beginning of a new life. if you take good care of yourself now, old age would be a lot easier. get rid of the negatives, of the burdens, of the guilt. live your life to the fullest.
-o0o-
tagging this for the black and white challenge of "fashion" (as in clothes and accessories) as i am wearing my boho top and hat and pearls. i don't care if the boho fashion is now passé, i can never tire of it. imagine a nice boho top or dress that you can wear and you can still look good no matter how many buffet meals you've been to? aha!
see here for the low down on the new black and white challenge
https://365project.org/discuss/themes-competitions/30037/new-black-and-white-challenge-15
healthy and happy
thank you for your kind comments and very generous favs.
@gozoinklings - thanks, CP.
@30pics4jackiesdiamond - as the eldest daughter, i think i grew old first before growing up. or maybe it was the other way around. anywhooo! thanks.
@randystreat - i could be tiring most times! thanks, kathy.
@annied - you got stunned again, eh? sorry about that. :-D thanks, miss annie.
@Cherrill - thanks muchly, cherrill.
@helenhall - the wonders of post processing. :-) thanks, helen.
@grammyn - tu est trés gentille, mon amie. merci bien.
@nicolecampbell - thanks, nicole.