What do I see when I look in the mirror - how do I feel about what I see?
These are my intimate thoughts and expressions of how I feel and think about things and looking in the mirror at times is not what I would want it to be.
Physically - I am different - my long dark hair is gone and in it's place is short "coloured" hair and that are wrinkles and lines on my face and neck, which map out the journey I have taken in my life and the hurdles I have crossed.
The reflection I see, is what I hope the world sees ~~~~~
someone with laughter in her eyes and a kind smile.
Life has changed me a great deal and change can be good. I am still passionate about so many things and still do not tolerate injustice at all well, but I have learned not to stress and fret over the things I cannot alter. I have learned to concentrate my efforts into the things that I can alter and accept those things I cannot.
Acceptance, when it comes is rather beautiful, it is just a quiet resignation to learning to live within the constraints now put upon me. Neither liking or disliking them - just accepting them.
I have learned if I want to sit in my dressing gown for the morning, writing letters and listening to Rod Stewart - then that's okay. The world will not go into a holding pattern if I am not showered and dressed by seven in the morning. If I choose to go to bed before dark and get up during the night and do things - then that's okay too.
Acceptance is what it is all about and when I look in the mirror I accept the image that looks back at me and I think I am okay.
Love and hugs,
Linda.
