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May 29, 2010
A good looking corpse.
Recently I was sitting talking to girlfriend about getting older, this was sparked off by seeing photos of Jackie Collins & Raquel Welch looking decidedly young for their 70+ years.
I'm all for looking after yourself and keeping healthy, but couldn't help wondering whether having so many treatments and surgery to keep yourself looking young was actually helpful.
After all our earthly life time is a journey from birth to death and no amount of treatment will stop our body ageing, even if we manage to stop it showing on the outside.
I think that watching yourself, noticing the changes and seeing the evidence in the mirror, is life's way of preparing you to let go of this life and move on when the time comes. Just as you know when it is time to throw out the bunch of dead flowers, no matter how beautiful they once were.
I wonder whether our societies obsession with staying looking youthful at all costs is actually damaging people psychologically, by not helping them to face the simple truth that our bodies are limited and our time in them brief.
Accepting the inevitable death of my body, helps me to focus on the place inside myself that is not bound by the physical make up of it.
The place that is unbounded, timeless and knows no fear.
Give me the choice of the above or a good looking corpse and I know which way i'm going to jump.
Posted by Shelliz at May 29, 2010 05:32 PM