I was at a BBQ with Grandma this week. I was taking pictures and decided to get one of Grandma. I pointed the camera at her and she lifted up her hands so I couldn't take the picture. Then we had the following conversation..
G: I look terrible.
Me: No you don't Grandma!
G: I have a terrible smile, it doesn't look natural.
Me: (Did I just hear that right, after 92 years you are still worried about your smile. I thought a person stopped caring at 60.) Grandma! You are 92, I think you look great! Plus, nobody else cares what your smile looks like except you.
G: You mean after 93 years?? (She turns 93 in a month)
After the conversation, I decided I had to start being happy with how I look right now. Time doesn't change how I feel about myself, only I change that. I am always looking to be a little bit skinnier, a little bit stronger but every year I look back and wish I would have been happy with how "skinny" or "strong" I was the year before.
If only I could have appreciated my body when I was 25, but of course I didn't. So today, I will be happy with my 35 year old body because in 10 years I will wish I would have put on the string bikini and ran down the street in it. OK, maybe I will NEVER wish that but you get my point! Be happy with what you have right now or never be happy!!
G: I look terrible.
Me: No you don't Grandma!
G: I have a terrible smile, it doesn't look natural.
Me: (Did I just hear that right, after 92 years you are still worried about your smile. I thought a person stopped caring at 60.) Grandma! You are 92, I think you look great! Plus, nobody else cares what your smile looks like except you.
G: You mean after 93 years?? (She turns 93 in a month)
After the conversation, I decided I had to start being happy with how I look right now. Time doesn't change how I feel about myself, only I change that. I am always looking to be a little bit skinnier, a little bit stronger but every year I look back and wish I would have been happy with how "skinny" or "strong" I was the year before.
If only I could have appreciated my body when I was 25, but of course I didn't. So today, I will be happy with my 35 year old body because in 10 years I will wish I would have put on the string bikini and ran down the street in it. OK, maybe I will NEVER wish that but you get my point! Be happy with what you have right now or never be happy!!
Here's to us Grandma!!
you definitely have reason to be happy with yourself right now! if i even look HALF as fantastic as you when i'm 35, you bet i'll be running down the street in a bikini!! maybe i'll call ya... we'll run together. :)
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great post!!!
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