The Best Days For Living
If you esteem others’ age, and your own,
Your Life’s meaning will have gracefully grown!
You will make every moment a specialty feat
And you’ll take time to froment each day as a treat.
Why linger on aging? Think, it’s bound to become.
The best days for Living, for Loving, for fun!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem.
Bonnie Fatio, founder of AgeEsteem & Isabel Contreras, Louise Hay trainer
People who have participated in Louise Hay workshops, Heal Your Life, or AgeEsteem programs have a major value in common. – They love themselves as they are at the age they are.
On April 14, Bonnie Fatio was invited to offer “A Taste of Age Esteem” at Life Motivations Center in Bellevue, Switzerland. The evening was magic, filled with wonderful information, thought-provoking exercises and stimulating discussion.
Isabel Contreras, founder of Life Motivations and trainer of the Louise Hay method, said “The taste of Age Esteem was delightful, inspirational and educational. The participants thoroughly enjoyed it and learned a lot. Bonnie’s great energy came out in absolutely infectious positive energy.”
Among the definitions of Age Esteem given by the participants who ranged in age from the 30′s to 60′s:
2012 will be the European Year for Active Aging and Solidarity between Generations.
Solidarity between generations, people of different generations working together, is essential for our world to function. Many of the AgeEsteem workshops that I give are around an intergenerational theme and the importance of the complementarity that people of different ages and stages in life offer each other.
It is natural to want to be with others of diverse ages and to have solidarity between generations. If we look at the family unit we see two, three and even four generations. It is natural to interact daily with people of other generations, be they younger or older.
People with age esteem tend to be active with positive people of all ages, creating solidarity between generations.
Bonnie Fatio
Growing Old
Why is it that one seems to think
That growing old is past the brink,
And that the rest is all down hill
Without a way to win one’s will?
Age Esteem will return one’s pride
And put a ZIP into your stride
So each day try to do your best:
Aim for Perfection, and with Zest!
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Adding Pizzazz To Age” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
A Look At Age
There are so many ways to look at old age,
Lucky is the one who can still turn the page
And start a new day with a warmhearted smile
Meeting each challenge with fortitude and style.
Every new hardship (and there are reams!)
Can be conquered when you show Age Esteem.
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Adding Pizzazz To Age” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
Live Each Minute!
Every single minute counts
As the years begin to mount,
Live each day as if the last,
Profit now until it’s past.
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Say It Now” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
Mirror Of Life
Mirror, Mirror on my wall,
Is who I see just part, or all?
Am I reflected in my acts?
Am I part fiction? – Or just facts?
Will I accept when needers call?
Can I be GREAT? – Not big nor small.
Mirror, Mirror of my Life,
Help me to help all those in strife,
And when I watch you look at me
I’ll emanate inner beauty.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
Blogs Like Frogs
These blogs are made for ruminations
Like frogs, they jump to all occasions
And leap into your deepest dreams
Of how to practice Age Esteem.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
Daily Age Esteem
When it is Monday,
Make it the one day
You haven’t a worry or care.
When it is Tuesday,
Chase away Bluesday
And do all the things that you dare.
When it is Wednesday,
Time for amends day
And tend to each problem’s repair.
When it is Thursday
(If it’s your worst day)
Repolish and shine away glare.
When it is Friday,
Make it a Try day
By choosing bright clothing to wear.
When it is Saturday,
(Mind over matter day)
Think proudly, with spirit to spare.
When it is Sunday
Have a nice fun day
Make Age Esteem your daily fare!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
“Esteemate” your qualities,
Fancies and frivolities;
Gleam with a new fortitude,
Resonating gratitude
For each and every new day’s chance
To liven up and be enhanced.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem
