Originally Posted by
DollyDarling
We never lose who we are. All the things we have done in our lives have been like a stack of cards, piling up one after the other. Both joys, sad moments, loves, heartaches, and all the little actions we did where we found joy in (could be a hobby or many hobbies). Could be moments and places that just seemed so right. If you sit still and just let the mind go on a little flight thru time, you will see all those places where you felt that feeling of essence. For me, I see a waterfall, many meadows of wildflowers I sat in, lovely drives though the country, the sun lighting up certain areas of a field and making it golden.... and all the hobbies in my life that I just jump right into and did like I had been a pro, yet it was my first time doing it. These moments and things are what makes up our essence.
The reason I am asking this question is because I know for myself, as I get older, I adapt to my environment. And too much its seems. I take on the culture, the environment, put my whole self and mind into my job, change my lifestyle to suit all those things. But I feel inside I am a dark morbid mess of unhappiness. That is being old. Old is when inside you you are fading and crumbling back down into the earth. So to stay young, really is a matter of being true to your essence. To rejoice at all the years you have lived so far, gathering these beautiful moments and and experiences, to add to your core essence. Then just be true to yourself. Be a fucking fighter if you have to to not slip back down to the earth. Fight for your freedom to exude your essence in every second that you breathe.
Yes, people may think you're a fucking lunatic, but you know, who really cares what they think? If they look down on you just because you are passionate about being true to yourself, then they are just like the lint you get on your shirt and just use a lint roller to roll them right off you. They don't and their opinions dont need to stick to you. If you are true to yourself, wearing your essence like a proud owner, then you will attract the kind of people who are good for you. The rest of them can go fuck themselves. You evolving helps others evolve. Even the people you rolled off you with the lint roller. Even they will look at you in wonder and surprise and ask themselves if they need to be more like that.
Just be brave if you dare to keep your youth. Who wants to wither up inside? Do you know that your physical body follows the same road as your spiritual and emotional health? People who have lived a long time, but have no wrinkles, and lovely skin, and healthy bodies, these are people who have lived in their essence. It does affect their overall health. But if you see some poeple the same age, and they look so beaten and worn out. This has been the body just following the same path that mind and spirit followed. As they say "grow old gracefully".
And remember to not be one of these sad ones:
"So many people tiptoe through life, so carefully, to arrive, safely, at death."