Reconciling...

with our aging bodies with grace is hard enough and needs a lot of will power, practice, positive thinking and Zen, but, what is definitely harder to do is to harmonize the external and the internal. You feel young on the inside - You hear music that makes your fingers snap to the beat and your feet itch to move - the whole of you wants to blend with the music and dance..but...... You see an outfit that looks and feels definitely you, and then it gradually dawns on you that you are the wrong size and the dress is clearly the wrong style for you..and so..... There's that yum mud pie just calling out to you..but..... and so it goes. You are absolutely young on the inside, but the outside doesn't match up.... This is the greatest conundrum for those of us who find ourselves on the wrong side of 50...60...70... And, this is where gentleness comes in. The reconciling has to be done not only with grace, but with gentleness...