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As we cultivate our life, our beauty becomes as much about what we are
creating and doing as it is about our appearance. We tend to associate youth with beauty,
but the truth is that beauty transcends every age. Just as a deciduous tree
is stunning in all its stages—from its full leafy green in the summer to its
naked skeleton during winter and everything in between—human beings are
beautiful throughout their life spans. The early years of our lives tend to be
about learning and experiencing as much as we possibly can. We move through
the world like sponges, absorbing the ideas of other people and the world.
Like a tree in spring, we are waking up to the world. In this youthful phase
of life, our physical strength, youth, and beauty help open doors and attract
attention. Gradually, we begin to use the information we have gathered to
form ideas and opinions of our own. As we cultivate our philosophy about
life, our beauty becomes as much about what we are saying, doing, and
creating as it is about our appearance. Like a tree in summer, we become
full, expressive, beautiful, and productive. When the time comes for us to let go of
the creations of our middle lives, we are like a tree in autumn dropping
leaves, as we release our past attachments and preparing for a new phase of
growth. The children move on, and careers shift or end. The lines on our
faces, the stretch marks, and the grey hairs are beautiful testaments to the
fullness of our experience. In the winter of our lives, we become stripped
down to our essence like a tree. We may become more radiant than ever at this
stage, because our inner light shines brighter through our eyes as time
passes. Beauty at this age comes from the very core of our being—our essence.
This essence is a reminder that there is nothing to fear in growing older and
that there is a kind of beauty that comes only after one has spent many years
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