For most women, as we get older one of our biggest fear is becoming invisible and that we are only seen within our role as a mother or wife or worker or carer.
It is quite understandable for society to play into the invisibility part and to box us in by enforcing the belief that this is a natural way of the ageing process. AND we have let them.
I am saying that we, as women, must not play right into their hands by thinking and holding it as part of our own belief system. It is of paramount importance that you see yourself for what you are – a woman in your own right. Not purely as someone who has lived a life in service of others.
It is time for you to be of service to yourself now and begin living your life to the full. It is also important that you acknowledge that you are being the best you can be in any one situation whilst you are doing whatever you can to take care of yourself.
You can always be visible to yourself by saying, ‘Who cares? This is me and I am not just my wrinkles and my body going downhill. I am youthful in my outlook on life and I enjoy it and myself’.
That’s why it is important to approach ageing with an open mind – an attitude of self-acceptance. You don’t have to pretend you are still young though. It is by being comfortable in yourself and through your spontaneity you will be seen as younger. Paradoxically this attitude of being open to try things – even just the once – keeps you healthy mentally and physically. That’s the visibility that the world picks up on regardless of your actual birth years.
Remember having the courage to be you does not mean that you’re not afraid. It means that, in spite of your fear and hesitation, you still go ahead and allow the visible you out anyway.
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