Letters to the Editor
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I'm in my 50's
& liking it MUCH more than my 20's. Back then, I was full of the ususal insecurities & self doubts, like I suppose alot of us were, & it took a mental & physical toll. Since I was so obsessed with fretting about my looks rather than cultivating a sense of self-awareness or inner beauty, the expenditure of that wasted energy eventually made me feel OLD. At 26, I actually thought I was over the hill. 30 seemed like a death sentence, not to mention 40. I agree with what alot other posters have said, & I don't have much else to add, except for one thing.
To quote an old line from a Bob Dylan tune:
"I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now." SO true. Didn't understand what those words meant way back then, but I do now, & it's pretty liberating. You start to grasp the meaning of acceptance, & once you do that, what else have you got to lose. I may never look or feel as good as I did in my 20's & I may be moving closer to eventual demise, but I'm a hell of alot happier now because I have an inner SPIRITUAL awareness. And when I'm told by the occasional old friend that I'm looking even more physically attractive now than I did then, well, that's just icing on the cake.