When I’m 64: Black Mirror & Twizzlers

I won’t say my words came back to haunt me, but, in the moment they mocked me. I taught a in the morning, “this class is all about uncovering what you are unaware of, to shine a light on what you may not have noticed. No judgement, just an opportunity for acceptance.”  A few hours later, I went to an art fair and tried on a necklace. The requisite mirror was offered. High noon, bright sun and a mirror are not my friend. Who is that? This isn’t how I look when I gaze in my mirror at home bereft of natural light in a relatively dim room. What stared back at me looked like the result of an aging application or some Black Mirror episode.

…and what had I said during class, shine the light.” Who knew it could be so literal and humbling at the same time. I felt like a Twizzler commercial…when did I get a vein in my forehead. Are those line at my eyebrows what people call the elevens? The clues where all there, but, I had excuses every time, bad lighting, lack of sleep, bad reaction to skin care products, without acknowledgement of the obvious. Embracing the gray hair, not the same as accepting the wrinkles 🙂

Anyway, enough about me. What about you? Not aging, just anything. What have you made normal? When have you repeated excuses rather than any  consideration of the more obvious answer? Out of money at the end of the month, maybe it’s not the surprise expenses, maybe you do need to be n a budget or cut something out. Clothes don’t fit, maybe it’s not bloat or temporary water gain, do you need to lose weight? This week, consider, what do you need to shine a light on and accept