Quote Originally Posted by michelem View Post
I am curious if any of you have the same trouble I do with reconciling your aging self with your inner self-concept? Not sure that makes sense . . . what I mean is that, I still feel at least 10 years younger than my chronological age and have to remind myself that I am 40+. I look in the mirror and see these changes (wrinkles, sagging, etc. -- only the stray gray once in a while though) and the reflection I see does not jive with how I feel!
Regarding reconciling our aging outer self with our inner self reminded me of a comment made by someone at a meditation seminar I recently attended, which is that our soul never ages and therefore we're always the same inside regardless of how we look on the outside. In my mind, I feel today as I felt when I was a teenager (and sometimes act like it, too). One of my primary goals in life is to narrow that gap between the inner self and the outer self, and I choose to fight aging to the end! Be glad that you feel younger inside. It would be bad news to feel older than one's actual age.