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F o re v e r Y o u n g by Luba Siryj First, let me state that I do not have a medical degree, nor am I a fitness trainer or nutritionist. So why was I asked to present this topic? Maybe because I like to speak and am not afraid to express an opinion. Then on the other hand, I just turned that magic 5-0. Mentally I still feel 20, although when I look in the mirror, the reflection tells me something else. So I have removed all mirrors. In doing research for this topic, I found it amazing how much data exists on staying Forever Young. We are bombarded daily by ads, products, commercials, periodicals, and books on the quest for the magic elixir of youth. Here is a lovely little cream, Ultra Correction Eye AntiWrinkle Restructuring Cream. The packaging alone gives us a big box with very little of the actual product inside. No wonder it's so expensive. I often think it would be great if the cosmetics firms could package the following: • For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. • For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. • For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. • For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. • For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. • People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. • Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. • As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands: one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others. And then there is Liposuction; they actually suck the fat out of your buttocks, stomach or thighs. Then there is Botox to inject fat back into your face. I often wonder what would happen if you had Liposuction on your thighs, then Botox injections on your forehead and cheeks—would gravity take over as it has with the rest of the body, making the Botox start migrating back to the thighs? Hum, something to ponder. Then to make the image even more difficult, most magazines have young and anorexic models. It is no wonder that although I am 50, I think I am in my 20s. I see that outfit in the magazine. My mental image is of the model and me at the same point in time, so I buy the product and look ridiculous. I am hard pressed to find magazines for women of my age other than Prevention, AARP etc. If there are any, please tell me. And unfortunately products on TV and magazines geared to those over 50 are Depends, Metamucil and hearing aids. Yes, these are all facts of life, but I wish they would show me a few more positive images. Stop and think when we were younger. In grammar school, the days just dragged from September through June. We had to be chauffeured everyplace, we made some pretty sad choices in friends, and our parents—for that matter all adults, and this means people over 20— knew absolutely nothing. In our teens, the days still dragged, but at least we were able to stay up longer and we were just getting to drive the car up and down the driveway. We were still making sad choices, but this time with boyfriends. And adults still didn't know anything and to top that off they didn't even understand us. OK, so then we were in our 20s, time now zooming by all year long. We were driving our own cars and paying for gas and insurance, still making bad choices of boyfriends that were soon to become husbands, and thinking sometimes that maybe mom and dad and some adults really do know something. Now that I am in my 50s, I have lived through all those experiences plus some others that I never expected. I have grown wiser along the way. There is a comment that I have made when I forgot something, a person's name or what I was going to do next. I call it a “senior moment.” In reality, I have feared such senior moments as a sign that I was starting the first stages of senility. But look at the world around us today. We have a cell phone in our ear while we are driving; the TV or radio is on while we are working, and we are probably running multiple errands. How many of us can carry on a conversation on the portable phone, cook and do the wash at the same time? If you have children, multiply the previous scenario by the number of children or grandchildren since they are in the equation. The conveniences of modem life have upped the pace of life so much that I just get winded thinking about it. It's not a senior moment at all—it's information overload. Is it possible to have the body I did when I was 20 and have the smarts I have at 50? Yes, for a price. I have to admit I have been lured by the cosmetics companies and have bought into the anti aging and anti-wrinkle creams, I have often wondered whether I would have had more success with crazy glue than all the products I have tried. And yes, I have gone the plastic surgery route. 14 “Н А Ш Е Ж И Т Т Я ”, Л И П Е Н Ь -С Е Р П Е Н Ь 2003 Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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