Age Is Only A Number

I was out last night celebrating a friend's 40th birthday with about nine other women. We ranged in age from about 35 years old to about 65 years old but except for a few extra wrinkles or the fact that there were a few inside references from the older women in the group it would be hard to tell which were the 35 year olds and which were the 65 year olds.

As I looked around the table observing everyone....as I love to do.... it really struck me how true it is that age is just a number and it does not always match up with how we feel inside. There have been many a morning that I have absolutely surprised myself as I walked by the mirror. "Who is that?" I will think ..."That old woman can't possibly be me can it?" The fact of the matter is that the woman looking out at the mirror and the woman I see in the mirror don't always match up. Inside I am still young with tons of energy ready to go, go, go. That is my spirit. My body however does not always support what my spirit wants to do but my spirit is not going to bend to my body. Therefore my body will have to kick it up a notch to keep up with my spirit.

I see a lot of that among my friends and when I look back on my mother at the same age I feel younger and with a freedom that I know she did not enjoy. She agrees. Woman today can choose to remain young and vibrant. They don't have to necessarily "act their age." Today women can define what 30 is and 40 is and 50 and so forth. It is not predetermined. It is a wonderful freedom we have. I may be over 40 but I can determine what that means for me just as each of my women friends can define what it means for them.