Don't tone it down

Yes! Ronni Bennett is a must read:

At Time Goes By, we don’t “tone down the old;” we get it out in the open air where it can breathe free. We appreciate, in others and in ourselves, the knowledge, experience, understanding and sometimes even that elusive quality, wisdom ... that are gained only by packing on the years. You can’t get these things from a book. No college degree grants them. You have to live it. That’s what we do here.

And so is Danny Miller:

It’s only when I see people like Liv Ullmann and Erland Josephson that I realize how few images we ever get in the media of people over 60. I actually came home from the movie last night and felt better about myself when I looked in the mirror. Oh, look, I’m getting older…less hair, thicker all over, some skin discolorations here and there…how interesting! I believe that our country’s obsession with youth is fucking all of us up, even those of us who aren’t suffering from rampant Body Dysmorphic Disorder and think we accept the inevitability of the aging process.

Comments

[Ronni Bennett]

Thanks for the link, Tamar and also for the link to Danny Miller's piece. It cannot be widely enough read.

[Tamar]

I agree. SO important. Last night I saw the movie, "Crash" and it strengthened my resolve to keep on raising awareness about the terrible damage stereotyping does to us regarding all the "isms."

[Winston]

Well put, both. Tone down - NO. Slow down - YES. Still a hell-raiser forever questioning everything - ABSOLUTELY!