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This is one of my favorite parts of Something More from the first time I read it, and in rereading it I still love it. Will endeavor not to wait until age 50 to implement it, though! ;D
After fifty most of the bullshit is gone ~ Isabel Allende
Turning fifty is an entirely different matter altogether. "At fifty, the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore." Erica Jong confesses in Fear of Fifty. A woman at fifty wastes no more time waiting for that second, third, or fourth chance at ravishing life. Why? Because you've no longer got time for the pain, angst, unfocused anger, jealousy, or envy.
::snip::
However, you probably won't feel that way until you turn fifty-one. For many women, turning fifty is a watershed, a wasteland of self-loathing.
::snip::
Coco Chanel reminds us that "nature gives you the face you have when you are twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But it is up to you to earn the face you have at fifty." As long as the face staring back at you is authentic, you can call yourself anything you want to. But you'll find me hanging out backstage with red-hot chanteuses, not my "crone-ies."
After fifty most of the bullshit is gone ~ Isabel Allende
Turning fifty is an entirely different matter altogether. "At fifty, the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore." Erica Jong confesses in Fear of Fifty. A woman at fifty wastes no more time waiting for that second, third, or fourth chance at ravishing life. Why? Because you've no longer got time for the pain, angst, unfocused anger, jealousy, or envy.
::snip::
However, you probably won't feel that way until you turn fifty-one. For many women, turning fifty is a watershed, a wasteland of self-loathing.
::snip::
Coco Chanel reminds us that "nature gives you the face you have when you are twenty. Life shapes the face you have at thirty. But it is up to you to earn the face you have at fifty." As long as the face staring back at you is authentic, you can call yourself anything you want to. But you'll find me hanging out backstage with red-hot chanteuses, not my "crone-ies."
