An uplifting and roaring poem by Samantha Reynolds to share! Thanks to Carol at Radiating Blossom 💛
Radiating Blossom ~ Flowers & Words
I am not old, she said
I am rare
I am the standing ovation
at the end of the play
I am the retrospective
of my life
as art
I am the hours
connected like dots
into good sense
I am the fullness
of existing
you think I am waiting to die
but I am waiting to be found
I am a treasure
I am a map
these wrinkles are imprints
of my journey
ask me
anything.
~~ Samantha Reynolds ~~
I appreciate that spirit, Val — thank you for posting this great reminder and uplifting poem.
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May we continue to embrace “the fullness of existing” and become treasures 💛
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Love this!
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Me too Mary! 🐣
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Oh I hope to be her when I am 97! I believe yoga is a wonderful gift to keep practising into our later years. It keeps me energized and connected. The poem is just beautiful. 😉
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I agree Karen!
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Awesome role model!
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Indeed!
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So inspirational. Val. Thanks for sharing this. I think I must take up Yoga. 🙂
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Now that’s a thought!
Thanks Sylvia 💛
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What an inspiration! Thanks for sharing, Val.
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Be timeless Jill💛
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Only another 26 years to go!
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You can do it! xo
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Cool post, poem, and pose!
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Thanks Nancy! The pose may never happen … But seeing her radiance as she does it is priceless 😊
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I think we tend as a society to fear aging. I recently read a blog about someone who was soon turning 50 and even though it was written in a humorous way, one could sense the fear of being ‘over-the-hill’ attitude. I was blessed to have re-found my creative spirit at 61. “These wrinkles are imprints of my journey”, but the treasures inside are unfolding.
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Yes indeed Olga. Beautifully stated 💛
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This is really something to go for Val, so beautiful 😀
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Thanks Irene … my young friend!
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Thanks Val and yes compared to the woman in your post, we are young Val 😀
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“I am the fullness of existing” Oh, I love this, Val. Great post!
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Thanks Carol 💛 That was the line that really resonated with me as well.
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Wonderfully Inspirational ❤ thank you
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Thanks Linda!
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Great news for those of us on the other side of sixty!
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Yes indeed Elizabeth!
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Wonderful! She looks so vibrant and happy.
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She does doesn’t she 💃🏻
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Wonderful Val.
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Thank you Kath! I thought so too 💛
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