"Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been." Mark Twain
I saw that quote recently and it just struck me. Too often these days, people (especially women) are doing anything and everything to get rid of wrinkles, but to me that is just trying to erase your life! The ups, the downs, the in-betweens - each of those wrinkles is EARNED, in my opinion. Either they were earned by smiling and laughing a lot, or by enduring some very hard times with grace. They represent the sleepless nights, the extreme joy, worrying, celebrating, laughing, crying - ALL of it. And by pumping them full of botox or collagen, you are just denying those experiences that helped form you into the person you are! I think the most interesting people are the ones who have been through some really tough stuff and have lived a life to be proud of IN SPITE of those hard times. Cheers to well-earned wrinkles!
I saw that quote recently and it just struck me. Too often these days, people (especially women) are doing anything and everything to get rid of wrinkles, but to me that is just trying to erase your life! The ups, the downs, the in-betweens - each of those wrinkles is EARNED, in my opinion. Either they were earned by smiling and laughing a lot, or by enduring some very hard times with grace. They represent the sleepless nights, the extreme joy, worrying, celebrating, laughing, crying - ALL of it. And by pumping them full of botox or collagen, you are just denying those experiences that helped form you into the person you are! I think the most interesting people are the ones who have been through some really tough stuff and have lived a life to be proud of IN SPITE of those hard times. Cheers to well-earned wrinkles!
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