here i am ... baring it all (so to speak).
naked face.
hair pulled back in a pony.
(which is how i wear it more than anything ... or in a hat)
i truly debated putting this picture out there ...
but these two gorjuss friends of mine ... Liv...
read her post HERE...
beautiful beyond words ... INSPIRED me ...
as they do in COUNTLESS ways.
so i thought ... what the hell...
i have realized as i edge closer and closer to 40
how bittersweet it is ...
this whole getting older thing.
(after all i still feel like i am 20!)
how i notice more and more
the wrinkles on my face,
gray hairs,
gray eyebrows (yes, younger girls ... THAT happens) ...
the fact that i cut bangs last summer
to cover all the wrinkles on my forehead ... after all,
it is MUCH cheaper (let alone less painful) than botox!!!
the fact that if i am not careful my butt will start
to become part of my legs ...
so daily walks are now becoming more of a necessity!!
but also the beauty in aging ...
of how i become more and more
comfortable in my own skin ...
as i continually work on myself,
expand my horizons and my mind.
how much more i realize "stripped down",
in the sense of taking off all masks, being REAL ...
is becoming more and more appealing to me.
i am more and more drawn to authentic relationships ...
they are actually becoming the ONLY kind i want in my life ...
the kind i can put my heart into ...
the kind i can invest in.
the more and more i don't worry so much
about what "everyone else thinks".
the more i realize it IS the little things in life ...
the heart moments i share with my children, my husband,
my friends, my family...
that are the beauty i want to see everyday...
take note of ... (not the wrinkles on my face)
so...how do you all feel...
to bare or not to bare...
can you embrace the perfectly imperfect you?
(as said By the LOVELY LIV)
peaceandlove
kolleen
