tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post787798325517579543..comments2024-02-29T17:01:17.028+00:00Comments on LUPUS IN FLIGHT: ON AGEING Shaistahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-43432270329036020852017-11-10T04:26:48.404+00:002017-11-10T04:26:48.404+00:00Like Sherry said, we stay the same age inside. Bo...Like Sherry said, we stay the same age inside. Both good and bad. I thought I might be wise in my 70s. I’m not at all sure I am.Sarah Russellhttp://sarahrussellpoetry.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-1894718726218474182017-11-04T01:08:57.762+00:002017-11-04T01:08:57.762+00:00Thanks Frank - all these comments are so full of w...Thanks Frank - all these comments are so full of wisdom! ‘Sometimes people rush others too much’ - that’s such a compassionate truism.Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-66636180940674585332017-11-03T20:00:56.513+00:002017-11-03T20:00:56.513+00:00One can be happy at any age--or sad. Sometimes pe...One can be happy at any age--or sad. Sometimes people rush others too much.Frank Hubenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18058591172624203875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-43451431549768955492017-11-03T19:14:51.005+00:002017-11-03T19:14:51.005+00:00I love that image Sherry, thank you for sharing it...I love that image Sherry, thank you for sharing it! <br />Yes, I know this, and yet we still have to walk through these ages and the accompanying social commentary on our bodies and our numbers..Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-76382618467365387282017-11-03T19:13:25.157+00:002017-11-03T19:13:25.157+00:00That wisdom is definitely the thing worth waiting ...That wisdom is definitely the thing worth waiting for Anna! Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-44494710303223099212017-11-03T18:32:02.951+00:002017-11-03T18:32:02.951+00:00One is still a spring chicken in their thirties......One is still a spring chicken in their thirties....and the awesome thing about life is we keep that young self inside us the whole way. I remember once watching my 90 year old grandmother dance a few steps, smiling, across the room and I saw right inside her to the young girl she once was. Sherry Blue Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769154286598233146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-73524618751969669672017-11-03T01:26:28.921+00:002017-11-03T01:26:28.921+00:00Age is indeed a state of mind. Inside I am eighte...Age is indeed a state of mind. Inside I am eighteen, yet so much wiser as I pass more and more zero's. I love life and to me, a birthday is merely the day after the day before.<br />Anna :o]hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-77611468587405664682017-11-03T00:11:38.360+00:002017-11-03T00:11:38.360+00:00I will Grace :) thanks for reading x I will Grace :) thanks for reading x Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-8574243613462687672017-11-03T00:10:51.029+00:002017-11-03T00:10:51.029+00:00Yes I’m sure it will - these are the strange in be...Yes I’m sure it will - these are the strange in between years - but as Sanaa points out, the societal pressure for women to look young and somehow never ever age is relentless. Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-89901704772947977242017-11-03T00:09:31.651+00:002017-11-03T00:09:31.651+00:00Oh I’m so glad you relate! First people want to kn...Oh I’m so glad you relate! First people want to know how old we are and then they decide whether we are ‘young’, ‘not young’ or ‘old’! I hate answering the question of my age - which generally comes before the question of my name (which often is never asked). Shaistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00259344471712162333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-45905650236266462362017-11-02T23:29:17.363+00:002017-11-02T23:29:17.363+00:00Age is just a number and youth is a state of mind ...Age is just a number and youth is a state of mind and heart ~ Keep your heart young, smiles.Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02213172239590722747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-46572013192289633402017-11-02T21:28:25.264+00:002017-11-02T21:28:25.264+00:00The angst mos def does pass. Every year I get old...The angst mos def does pass. Every year I get older, I feel younger. and I have passed at least 6 0f those 0 birthdays.tonispencerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04200564195675794747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-76705090720607720952017-11-02T21:20:38.802+00:002017-11-02T21:20:38.802+00:00And when I hear about 30 I know it's young... ...And when I hear about 30 I know it's young... I remember those years vaguely (yet I feel part of me is young)... love how you expressed that angst... I think it gets less as we age.brudberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12563403553536472377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7577160948898919178.post-71873138898066717152017-11-02T21:18:24.717+00:002017-11-02T21:18:24.717+00:00Love this💞 as women we constantly face societal p...Love this💞 as women we constantly face societal pressure and are expected to cater to tradition and norm.. how ardently I relate to "You are not young, Anymore. They say. As though I was curious As to what I was." Beautifully rendered.<br /><br />(and thank you for your kind and sweet comment on my poem)💞Sanaa Rizvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06681404650477409830noreply@blogger.com