embodying over appearing - by Isabel - Mind Mine

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when aesthetics becomes the end, we’ve missed the point

by Hilda Cowham Something I have become more attuned to lately as I have grown more sensitive to the inner state of others (and perhaps just a little older) is the unique beauty of an energetically alive older woman. A woman who has all the zest and vivaciousness for life we typically associate with youth. A woman who isn’t absorbed in how she is perceived. A woman who lives life with such a devotion to the moment that you can’t help but feel alive around her. One such woman like this pranced into the café I’m sitting in, bouncing past me with untamed curly hair and a small stature. She…

embodying over appearing - by Isabel - Mind Mine

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