Courage

[Jeanette Hornby]

Perhaps the hardest thing of all is finding the courage to live how we really want to live.

Society has so many expectations, rules and demands.

In our youth we aim to please.  To create an image of ourselves that won't be held up to criticism.

I have found the greatest freedom in being middle-aged.  I simply don't care any more what others think of what I do, how I act or who I associate with.

Advancing age is quite liberating.  Though I may yearn for the physical attributes I held when I was young, I never want to go back to that insecure, fearful girl I once was.

I think the term 'grey-power' says it all.