Love is in the air!
Age-esteemers know that love is in the air at every age. It is accessible to each of us.
Reach out to someone and tell them that you love them. If you do not have anyone to say “I love you” to, then choose someone else like yourself who is alone. It may be someone who is older than you, or maybe a child. Each of us needs to hear those words.
I love you!
Bonnie Fatio
Let Your Inner Garden Grow
Be Merry Merry
Not Contrary
Let your inner garden grow.
Be very VERY
Sure to carry
Your flowering buds aglow.
With verbal blooms
In friendly rooms
And bouquets bright as beams.
Dig out the weeds
Of old age needs
And plant your new esteem!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Aging Today
Do we sit back with complacency and let others decide what we should be like as we age?
I believe we do. That is why reference to aging most often refers to being a burden on society, illness, loss of mobility, loss of memory, and dependency.
To be a senior, mature, and an elder is rather something to be proud of. It indicates we have lived and experienced years of lessons from living. We are wise and capable of even greater contributions to the world because of these years of living.
Proof of this is easy to find. Look at former leaders like Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, and Mary Robinson; or actors like Clint Eastwood, Robert Redford and Judi Dench; or Maya Angelou, Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton…
Today we are proving that there is indeed life after 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 and even 100! We are still running marathons, teaching, producing films, inventing, composing, leading, raising grandchildren, and making significant contributions in all areas of society.
It is time for us to stand in our own significance to speak out for what older people truly represent for society.
Bonnie Fatio
Hair And Healthy Aging
Our hair is important to us. As we begin to lose it as we age, it may even seem more important to us. It is “the frosting on the cake” for the human body, making one feel and look beautiful.
The hair industry certainly helps the economy as well. Think of all the hair products for sale and the advertisements that you see everywhere. The hairdressing profession also engages many people
Yet, there is an even more important role that hair plays. – That of telling us how many toxic metals we have in our body. Toxic metals are minerals that are not useful for human health and are poisonous to the body. They can promote such conditions as fatigue, memory loss, depressive humor and lack of concentration.
Lead, arsenic, nickel and mercury, which is often found in fish, are some of these toxic minerals. Necessary elements for the body are iron, zinc, magnesium and calcium.
A few strands of hair can be analyzed to show which substances are in your body. Some pharmacies will perform this analysis. In today’s world it is easy to accumulate these toxins. The body absorbs them even through the jewelry that you wear. Maybe it would be wise to remove your jewelry when at home, except for wedding rings, of course, where no one sees you!
How to get rid of toxic metals? Drink a lot of water, exercise to transpire a lot and go to saunas. Dandelion greens and garlic also help to eliminate toxic metals.
The hair, therefore, is a wonderful gift of nature which stores information that can improve health and heal the body.
Grandma Nature
Life’s Stitches
I am much older but it seems
I feel better (bolder) through Age Esteem –
Going on with hope and daring,
Holding on to friends by caring.
If this continues to the end
All of Life’s stitches I would mend
And I’d have sewn my ragged days
Into patchworked finer ways!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Something Is Fishy
The expression, something is fishy, seems appropriate as we receive mixed messages concerning the benefits of eating fish for our aging bodies.
For years we have been encouraged to eat fish. Latest studies show that salmon, even though it is valuable and efficient against cardio-vascular disease, is now known to be polluted and can be dangerous to your health. Also antibiotics are used in some farm-raised fish and seafood which raises health questions as well.
It is recommended not to eat more than two or three portions of fish each week and to alternate fatty fish with non-fatty fish.
Grandma Nature
Palm Beach
It’s lovely here in Palm Beach,
There’s so much sun to share!
The sky is just beyond reach,
Beauty’s bounty’s everywhere!
Hibiscus is resplendent,
There are parrots in the trees,
Everyone is wearing white pants
And walking like a breeze.
I think I’ll call it Poem Beach
Where people blend and mingle,
Esteeming there’s no age breach
A tropical Life jingle!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Lemon – A Friend To Aging Bodies
Lemon is indeed a friend to aging bodies and to how you feel about yourself, your age esteem.
Lemon offers much more than vitamin C. It is known to help in easing the pain of acne, prostate and arteriosclerosis. It even benefits weight loss.
For beauty treatments, lemon aids in eliminating spots on the skin, destroys dandruff and beautifies nails.
Two other practical benefits: Lemon also chases mosquitoes away and helps to prevent tears when you are peeling onions.
Grandma Nature
Martin Luther King 2014
And along came Martin Luther King
The one whom to the whole world would bring:
Courage and hope and his ultimate dream:
Singular, spectacular, ageless esteem.
King had dreams and he knew
They really can come true
Depending on YOU.
Now’s the time: start anew!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Relieve Nervous Tension To Free Age Esteem
It can be difficult to feel good about yourself when you are tense with tight muscles.
Treat nervous tension with these natural remedies to feel good at the age you are and enhance your age esteem.
Rapeseed oil, because of its great quantity of omega-3 fatty acids, is very effective in calming. Omega-3 assures the good functioning of the membranes of nervous cells. The vitamin B complex, especially 6, 9 and 12 are necessary for good nervous equilibrium. Magnesium is necessary for the brain’s working on the nervous system.
Herbal teas such as chamomile are soothing. Essential oils such as lavender, basil, mandarin and geranium aid via massages in calming one’s nerves.
Last, but not least, exercise of all kinds, even a gentle walk in the woods, will alleviate nervous stress.
Grandma Nature
