#82. Alive Until Expired

Yesterday  I was talking to a  dear friend.  She celebrated her 80th a while ago. A wise, talented, intelligent woman. A woman that you’d feel privileged to include in your circle of friends.  She apologised for wearing a sleeveless top. It’s too hot, she said. I asked why is she apologising, and she said ,she can’t show her arms “like that”.  She meant  flabby arms.  It made me sad. Women of this calibre need to hide something that has to do with their appearance because it’s not up to the public standard? What is this standard?  I wanted to shout. Something that looks like a young arm? Is there an age limit or body appearance limit, that women are allowed to show in public, and hide the rest?  And who decides what this limit is ?  A panel of young people? Or maybe Children? Or elders who feel they need to apologise for looking their age ?  Society in its best is  made of all ages. From babies to old people. Each one in its development stage is contributing to the whole. Everyone is needed. Every one of us is a colour or a shade in a rainbow of human existence. You were young once,  and then you grew into an adult and after that you grew old.  Do you need to apologise for this? Do you need to cover it up? Do you need to be approved for  the way you look?  This phenomenon of anti-ageing, what is it about? Why are we trying to get rid of ageing? Why are we fighting it? We want to age without ageing. We want to age pretending we are still young.  Why not embracing the process of ageing? Society will change their attitude towards old age, when elders will change their  attitude towards themselves. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * If you like the podcast, please subscribe to it, share it with your friends, leave a comment and rating in Apple podcast (or wherever you get your podcast) and ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠join our list ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠to get notified when a new episode is on air. If you wish to support the podcast by donating, please click the PayPal link ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bit.ly/PayPal-Souloist ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Thank You for your generosity. Find us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Face Book⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Linkedin⁠