Growing old steaming hot September 23, 2009
Posted by Diadem in : Lessons in life , trackbackLast night, out of boredom, I took the Facebook quiz on “How will you look like wh
en you ge
t older?” The result was hilariously exhilarating – I am going to be smoking hot! The result came out with pictures of two very seductive ladies in their skimpy two-piece bikinis boasting off their really so big and firm boobs (whew!)
I was silently laughing with the result. How on earth could I be that so physically steaming hot when I’m just petite that fits in all size 8 dresses (putatively teenager’s size or children’s size here in Australia), and needs to buy a thick-foamed brassiere just to be recognized that I am a grown up woman!
I suddenly realized that, yes, am really getting older. It’s no joke. I don’t get frantic because, anyway, I know I am aging gracefully. I may not be growing old as a sultry sex kitten, like how others would tend to judge people, but I know I am smoking hot on how I live my life. To me, that’s what matters most!
I don’t deny that I’m in my early 30’s now. This is “conscious aging,” as psychologists call it. “Conscious aging is a new way of looking at and experiencing aging that moves beyond our cultural obsession with youth toward a respect and need for the wisdom of age,” explains Stephan Rechtschaffen, M.D., a holistic physician who directs the Omega Institute, a kind of New Age think tank, a driving force in this attitude shift.
I make sure that I harbour the whole concept of a whole life. I am aware that I was a baby boomer and teeny bopper once…that I will be a golden and a rotten lady in the future. Being consciously aging gives me more meaning in living life. I am child-like sometimes, but I am firm and mature in my decisions in confronting life options.
At 30, I am so proud of myself for having kept my integrity as a good daughter and sister to my family. I have somehow proven myself in my chosen career. I finished my Masters at 25, became a division head of a prime rice research institute in the Philippines at 27, and hopefully finish my PhD at 32.
When I was 28, I managed to help build our family a more stable abode from a shanty house, started to invest on a piece of lot of my own at an exclusive subdivision, acquired life and health insurances for me and my nanay (mother), and even invested on my funeral coffin!
In my 30 years of existence, I have consistently hurdled life challenges maturely. I am rich in love and care from my so many friends that continuously grow year-by-year, day-by-day. Isn’t it nice to grow old?
Never worry of our age. Age is just a number. Adding meaning to our age number is what we should always remember. As an old Filipino adage reminds me, Mainam tumanda ng may pinagkatandaan (It’s nice to grow old, but it is how we grew old that matters). In short, it’s not how long our life is, but how we lived our life. I will live by these words and at some point you will see me aging steaming hot.
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Yeah! You are really hot dem inall aspects! Two thumbs up. For me, mind set is all that matters.
Ate Dem! what an excellent piece! Right in time for my growing old…i just turned 26 yesterday and now, will start aging consciously
I wish i would have similar accomplishments if not even more (hehehe) by the time I get 30 
I will strive hard for that. Thanks for the inspiration 
Mabuhay ka!
uv really come a long way gurl! keep up with the good work!
nice blog lola dem!
its a matter of time till we grow wrinkles in our faces but girl laugh age lines naman o db?hehehehe
whoooaaaa…
growing old while being smoking hot… ill take that any time.hehehe
from the way you write, i believed when you said that of 30 years of existence you maintiained your integrity as a daughter and a sister.
Thats nice.
2 months from now and you’re 32 years old. that means your grad ceremony is next year? not bad for a 32 year old single lady. :)) good luck. may u be able to hurdle your dissertation. no writing blocks and everything….
te i’m quite envious of the things u’v accomplished althroughout your life.. u’r so ridiculously amazing!! rather than being envious is the encouragement that has been envived upon me.. Tussen takk(thank you very much) for that encouragement!! hehehehe.. tama ba ang mga pinagsasabi ko? english eh.. hehehehehe.. stay pretty in and out..miz u n jeg elsker deg(i lav u)! God bless!!