My 15 Age Esteem wishes for you during 2015
- Live each day fully.
- Stretch your body, mind and spirit.
- Inhale happiness and love; exhale pain and fear.
- Embrace new experiences.
- Build play into your day.
- Share your talents with others of all ages.
- Learn something new each day.
- Laugh often.
- Celebrate frequently.
- Love yourself unconditionally.
- Seek the positive in each person and experience.
- Give thanks for the blessings of your life.
- Meet new challenges with a sense of adventure.
- Greet each new day with anticipation and zest.
- Become a living model of Age Esteem for those who meet you!
Happy Age Esteem 2015!
Bonnie Lou Fatio
YES!
All you need to do is think ahead;
Turn your thoughts away from gloom and dread.
Every time you rise up out of bed,
Follow Age Esteem’s path with every tread.
Don’t say “No, I can’t”, say “YES, I will!” instead.
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Personal Talk” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
Age Esteem
A Poem
is at home
with in your heart.
A Verse
(even terse)
is an art.
A Rhyme,
every time,
would be smart.
Age Esteem
is to deem (like a dream)
a good start!
Written by Alexandra Taylor after reading
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou 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
Rejoice!
Let your voice
Be the clue
To the you
Of your Choice.
Written by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Rejoice” in the book
AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
Letting go
The ropes that keep us
Tied to life-long habitudes
Live as though
you’re free and fearless
To face each day’s vicissitudes.
Written for Age Esteem by Alexandra Taylor after the chapter “Letting Go”
in AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
Bubbles and Kisses!
The ones float away
The others might miss us,
But each in its way
Is Life’s miraculousness
making special each day.
Written for Age Esteem by Alexandra Taylor after the story “Bubbles and Kisses”
in AgeEsteem: Growing A Positive Attitude Toward Aging, book and CD
by Bonnie Lou Fatio
