296: Age is Not a Problem to be Solved

Published: June 11, 2023, 5:56 p.m.

\nA conversation for any of us who find ourselves resisting our bodies ageing and changing: about all the painful comparisons we can get into; about the way the narratives and economic structures (and algorithms) of our wider culture are built to enrol us in just these comparisons and just this pain; about how we might attend joyfully to our own inner lives so that we can come to discover and appreciate and delight in our own splendour... and in doing so free up the splendour and wonder of others.
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is hosted, as always, by Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nTurning Towards Life, a week-by-week conversation inviting us deeply into our lives, is a live 30 minute conversation hosted by Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn of Thirdspace.\xa0 Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google, Amazon Music and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week:
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\nDon\u2019t prioritise your looks my friend, as they won\u2019t last the journey.
\nYour sense of humor though, will only get better with age.
\nYour intuition will grow and expand like a majestic cloak of wisdom.
\nYour ability to choose your battles, will be fine-tuned to perfection.
\nYour capacity for stillness, for living in the moment, will blossom.
\nYour desire to live each and every moment will transcend all other wants.
\nYour instinct for knowing what (and who) is worth your time, will grow and flourish like ivy on a castle wall.
\nDon\u2019t prioritise your looks my friend,
\nthey will change forevermore, that pursuit is one of much sadness and disappointment.
\nPrioritise the uniqueness that make you you, and the invisible magnet that draws in other like-minded souls to dance in your orbit.
\nThese are the things which will only get better.
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\nDonna Ashworth
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donnaashworth.com
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\nPhoto by Rod Long on Unsplash\n