Ruth Ozeki’s 2 hour memoir/essays/meditation/type self- reflective audiobook…(literally and figuratively)… But she looked away more than she looked directly at herself. She would take a quick glance when she brushed her teeth or washed her hands. I related to Ruth when she said at some point she noticed she stopped looking in the mirror very much. How’s your buddy? The Mirror? Friend or foe? It’s funny how age reflects our inner thoughts with our relationship with ‘the mirror’. My inner critic was ‘still’ - at every age and stage systematically judgmental. I looked in the mirror and said, “gee, your skin is smooth and your tight little body beautiful”…īefore skin cancer took 1/2 of my nose- in my 60’s -before my eyebrow hairs were thinning-before my head-hair was thinning-(now at age 70), before muscle loss-before an ounce of flab. It was my first stab at trying on the natural mature aloof sexy thing… I remember the day and looking back at those photos now - I can say, I was pretty cute…. I ‘remember’ photos of myself at my ‘Sweet 16’ birthday party - my all white V-neck halter top -barely covered much of my skin at all - and those all white pants … The relationship with our face as we age is - if you think about this much at all - varies from person to person.Īs I contemplate my own face - and body through the ages, I admit it’s easier to draw a blank - go numb- avoid - avoid - avoid!
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