Written On A Bumpy Bus!
I’m writing from a Greyhound Bus,
A Public Transportation.
I’m learning not to make a fuss,
Instead: a celebration!
Happy to be traveling on
To one more destination.
As my life goes unraveling on –
On to a brand new station.
One can voyage without leaving home
By letting your mind wander,
Creating mood trips, like a poem:
Vast passages to ponder!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
An Age Esteem Beauty Tip – Authenticity
Sitting in a N.Y. diner in Manhattan I am fascinated by the life around me. A people-watcher by nature, I actually look forward to these rare outings alone where I can enjoy watching life unfold.
People communicate so very much through their expressions and gestures. Even their manner as they lift their folk indicates their frame of mind, especially when the gesture in not congruent with their facial expression. The young woman who has a sweet smile of complaisance but is jabbing her food as though to kill it as she listens to the older man across from her, is not congruent.
A businessman seems to be sharing a story with the woman across from him. His eyes are dancing and his crow’s feet are deepening with his smile and laughter as he leans towards her. At the next table there are three women, two are animated and involved in conversation. The third woman has a static smile, slumped shoulders and eyes that say, “I feel left out”.
How often do we say one thing, yet communicate something else with our body? When we do this, we send conflicting messages. We are not authentic. – And people feel this. They know that we are not being genuine.
Our authenticity, being true to ourselves, not only enhances our beauty, it is an essential ingredient to true beauty. It is the ingredient that creates that inner glow that attracts others to us. This is one of the secrets of people with age esteem. Being true to yourself enhances your beauty at every age.
You too can benefit from this Age Esteem beauty tip. Become conscious of your own gestures and expressions. Are they congruent with the words that you are voicing, or do they contradict your words?
Bonnie Fatio
Purple Plums for Age Esteem
In Europe this is the time of year when purple plums abound on the trees. It is the time we savor plum pies, tarts and breads.
Little purple plums are giants in what they can do for you.
They are loaded with potassium which helps control blood pressure and the heart rate. They are a treatment for eyes as well with the antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin which help in controlling the development of cataracts and improving eye sight.
Another purple miracle is the eggplant. Its skin has antioxidants which are known to inhibit the acceleration of tumor growth.
Grandma Nature
Happy International Day of Older Persons
“The world population is rapidly ageing. Between 2000 and 2050, the proportion of the world’s population over 60 years will double from about 11% to 22%. The absolute number of people aged 60 years and over is expected to increase from 605 million to 2 billion over the same period.” (World Health Organization)
Age is not what it used to be. We are living longer and fuller lives. Age-esteemers know there are joys to being an older person. Age-esteemers continue to contribute their expertise and talents to the world. Age-esteemers love, laugh and make the most of what they have.
Join AgeEsteem® in celebrating this day of recognition for the contributions of older people.
A Spirited Scheme – Age Esteem
There was once a spirited scheme
Which they cleverly named “Age Esteem”,
It teaches all ages
Just how one engages
To live to the fullest each dream.
So how does a person first start,
When they think Life’s falling apart?
You can wake up and say
“Hooray for this new day!”
“I’m alive and I’ll strive to live smart!”
Written for AgeEsteem® by Alexandra Taylor
The Therapy of Writing
Writing on the wall or better yet, writing on paper(!) is a very rewarding therapy. It engages the brain to think more clearly and coherently than typing on a machine.
Writing releases emotions and can alleviate depression or trauma. It seems to soothe and calm. It makes one more creative as well according to some studies.
Of course, today it is not very practical when everyone seems to be in a rush, and the computer can correct spelling errors and do all kinds of tasks; but even making a shopping list or writing down reminders will be of some aid.
As we age there are moments when we feel lonely, forgotten and depressed. When that happens, put on your age esteem smile, pick up a pen or pencil and write!
Test the therapy of writing. Whenever you feel stressed or anxious, sit down and write something. – It does not have to be a novel!
Grandma Nature
Our Autumn Days
We’re entering our Autumn days,
That sounds like my own “Oughta” phase.
I oughta start out every minute
With only positive thoughts within it!
I oughta be so grateful for
The Life outside my home’s front door.
I oughta give my age a chance:
A kind of Autumn leafy dance,
And shimmer like a Harvest moon
As Twilight enters in my room.
Autumn ought not end a Summer’s dream,
It oughta Fall on Age Esteem!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Life Is A Trip
Goodbye, Farewell, I am going on a voyage,
But Life is a trip from “here to there”;
I’ll return with lots of notes: a mental forage,
Resplendent, receptive and prepared:
For the journey through the vicissitudes of Time,
Step by step, hour by hour, day by day,
(While stopping on the way to write a rhyme!)
Traveling and marveling The Way.
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
Under The Rainbow
Somewhere, under the Rainbow,
Tempers fly…
Moods grow grim, and Spirits cry.
If, instead, we’d see the glow
Of all those colors in the sky
And shed our cares and worthless woes,
The Rainbows could respond to “Why?”
Our Pots of Gold are lost below.
Written for AgeEsteem® by Alexandra Taylor
I Don’t Know Why
I don’t know why they often say:
“Oh, she old, she’s turning gray!”
Gray is neither black nor white,
It shows you’re neutral in your sight –
Not too strong and not too weak,
Measuring the goals you seek;
And then there’s what is called “gray matter”,
That’s the Brain, the side we flatter,
The person whose talents don’t abate:
She’s fun. She’s someone who we’ll call GRAYTE!
Written by Alexandra Taylor for AgeEsteem®
