A New Woman by Anna
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Well, the time has come. The one that I haven’t been looking forward to. I’m turning 40 in 10 days!!!. I used to think that 30 was old. The 4 just scares me twice as much. Just in the last year, I noticed changes in my body. I’m feeling old and don’t want to face it. Aches and pains when I get out of bed in the morning. More grey in my hair. At least hair dye will come in handy. I feel tired all the time. I can’t stop looking at myself in the mirror every other day. They say that the body changes every 10 years. My clothes don’t fit like they used to anymore. I’m happy for all the ones out there that think turning forty is great. May be I should look back at my life and all my accomplishments. I should look forward to having a wonderful future with my loving husband and family. At least I know that I have people who love me. My husband tells me that I look great. Friends that don’t know my age think I look great. Well I guess it’s just another number. I must be doing something right in taking care of myself. Well, hopefully I will be a new woman when I wake up on my Birthday. May be it will be a new change in my life. A good one I hope.
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One Response to “A New Woman by Anna”
By Yana on Sep 27, 2007 | Reply
Happy Birthday!
Forty is fabulous! After years of putting others first, I have finally grasped the concept that my life belongs to me. As a young woman, I lived for the approval of others. If I was just pretty enough or did enough for others, I thought, the whole world would like and accept me. Now I know that I no longer need to impress the whole world; I just need to impress me. I still love being beautiful, but it no longer defines who I am. Instead, I have embraced my imperfections and found my talents. I have converted my dreams into goals, and have begun to achieve them one by one. And I now enjoy a new level of comfort with who I am and what I can achieve in life.
As a wife, mother, businesswoman, friend, daughter, sister and granddaughter, the demands on my time never end. However, I no longer strive to be Superwoman because I have learned that when I take time for myself, I don’t take from others. Instead, I add to their wellbeing as well as my own. I now know that when I love myself more, others will respond in kind. And that has given me the freedom, confidence and courage to become more than I ever dreamed possible. Armed with this newfound awareness, I have embraced my courage, ambitions and independence with a confident smile, sassy red lipstick, and a proud new slogan — the best is yet to come!
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