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AGING….<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You grow old, they told me, you are no longer you, you become distant, sad, and lonely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t answer…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t get old, I get wise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stopped being what others like me to become, but what I like to be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I <\/a>stopped seeking the acceptance of others and accepted myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have left behind the lying mirrors that deceive mercilessly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– No, I’m not getting old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I just become more selective with places, people, customs, and ideologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have let go of attachments, unnecessary pain, toxic people, sick souls, and rotten hearts… bitterness and unhappiness are not for me, I release them for my health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m ditching party nights for learning and embracing insomnia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I stopped living stories and started writing them, I threw aside the imposed stereotypes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I no longer carry eyeshadow in my bag, now I have a book that beautifies my mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I exchanged wine glasses for coffee cups, forgot to idealize life, and started living it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– No, I’m not getting old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I carry freshness in my soul, and innocence in my heart, and it discovers me daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have in my hands the tenderness of a cocoon that, when opened, will spread its wings to other places unreachable for those who seek only the frivolity of the material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I have that charming smile on my face when I observe the simplicity of nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I carry in my ears the chirping of the birds that delight me and accompany the walk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– No, I’m not getting old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I become selective, betting my time on the intangible, rewriting the story I’ve been told, rediscovering worlds, and saving those old books I’ve forgotten half open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m becoming more cautious, I’ve stopped the outbursts that teach me nothing, I’m learning to talk about transcendent things, I’m learning to cultivate knowledge, plant ideals, and falsify my destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– No, I’m not getting old.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I begin to live who I really am.~<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bianka Luz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

AGING…. You grow old, they told me, you are no longer you, you become distant, sad, and lonely. I didn’t answer… I don’t get old, I get wise. I stopped being what others like me to become, but what I like to be. I stopped seeking the acceptance of others…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[150,10],"tags":[151,152,153,55,154,90],"class_list":["post-739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-growing-old-wisely","category-sometime-around-now","tag-aging","tag-growing-old","tag-hapiness","tag-mental-health","tag-positivity","tag-women"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/wickedlola_happy_boho_elderly_woman_88f4ea31-6f5c-4a0c-a23a-cc71428060f2.png?fit=604%2C604&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=739"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":741,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/739\/revisions\/741"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thethingsiremember.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}