Kaleidoscopic clouds
Change from umbra to blue
My internal storm
For far too long I used the inability to be what I was in my youth as an excuse to not be the best I could be now. I’m not planning on getting back into dance or body building but this extra flab gotta go. I want to feel better in body and spirit so I had a funeral for my youth and am looking forward to the next phase ‘cause I got shit to do.
In response to Patrick Jennings Pic and a Word Challenge #146: Clouds
I’m on a similar journey. Learning to let go of what I use to be, accepting my aging self and seeing the possibilities in the now. Love those dramatic clouds.
Thank you Olga! I always look forward to your comments too. Glad to know there is a sisterhood out there. Nobody ever tells you what it is going to be like.
So true! It’s like a blind journey into the unknown where one has to find one’s way. I’ve had a funeral for my youth also. It seems like yesterday that I was an avid cyclist and hiker and due to multiple knee injuries through the years, I’m grateful that I can still walk. I came across this quote awhile ago, “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating oneself. ” Age forces one to re-create oneself. Cheers to aging well. 🙂
On a similar path myself — it would seem, as are so many others — though first, there are some things about my youth I’ll have to remember in order to let the effects of them go.
Dancing Echoes 
July 6, 2018 at 3:01 pm
Love this!! Your words and the pic bring up strong emotion. Thank you!
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July 6, 2018 at 3:02 pm
Thank you!
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July 6, 2018 at 9:41 pm
I can identify with all of that. 🙂
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July 6, 2018 at 9:47 pm
Growing old is not for wimps….
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July 6, 2018 at 9:50 pm
I agree – not if you are going to do it well. 🙂
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July 7, 2018 at 7:38 am
Oh what a word, kaleidoscopic, takes me back to my stormy days…….
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July 7, 2018 at 7:58 am
Certainly your stormy days aren’t over Ivor?
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July 7, 2018 at 8:14 am
Probably not, I’m still protesting for our planet and children
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/quote-2-together-we-can-help/
https://ivors20.wordpress.com/2018/07/01/let-us-not-be-silent/
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July 7, 2018 at 8:20 am
Every day…
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July 7, 2018 at 8:25 am
Yep, I suppose so xx
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July 9, 2018 at 10:01 am
I’m on a similar journey. Learning to let go of what I use to be, accepting my aging self and seeing the possibilities in the now. Love those dramatic clouds.
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July 9, 2018 at 10:09 am
Thank you Olga! I always look forward to your comments too. Glad to know there is a sisterhood out there. Nobody ever tells you what it is going to be like.
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July 9, 2018 at 11:37 am
So true! It’s like a blind journey into the unknown where one has to find one’s way. I’ve had a funeral for my youth also. It seems like yesterday that I was an avid cyclist and hiker and due to multiple knee injuries through the years, I’m grateful that I can still walk. I came across this quote awhile ago, “The most creative act you will ever undertake is the act of creating oneself. ” Age forces one to re-create oneself. Cheers to aging well. 🙂
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July 9, 2018 at 11:44 am
🥂🍾
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July 10, 2018 at 2:36 pm
<smile> “funeral for my youth”
Wise choice, padawan. =)
On a similar path myself — it would seem, as are so many others — though first, there are some things about my youth I’ll have to remember in order to let the effects of them go.
In the meantime, I send ❤ ❤ ❤ in lieu of flowers.
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July 10, 2018 at 3:08 pm
Thank you Patrick
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