"You don't stop dancing from growing old, you grow old from stopping to dance." --Unknown
Recently, my beautiful sister-in-law Tatiana shared this wonderful quote with me and I loved it. So, I in turn, wanted to share it with you all. To me, it truly speaks to what I believe to be fundamentally true about aging. Your real age is not something that you should ever be ashamed of or try to hide, it is something that I feel we should all be proud of. Every year that is added to our lives is something to rejoice about and marvel at. We used to do this- remember being a kid and always wanting to be older. Wasn't the oldest kid usually considered the coolest? My theory is that this fascination with age lasts usually up until around the time when you turn 25 (a quarter of a century old!). This is when people usually start freaking out about their age and from here on as the years pass by, people become progressively embarrassed to tell their true age.
I'd like to challenge you to rethink this stigma of age because “growing old” has nothing to do with age. "Growing old" to me is not the same as getting older by the calendar years. I know plenty of 40-50 year olds that come to my classes that are more youthful than some 20 year olds. As far as I'm concerned you can be young at any age. The majority of being young is feeling young. For me, hair dye, strategically-applied make-up and stylish clothes that fit well play a big part in helping me to feel young, but this is only half of it. You have to feel great in your body in order to feel young, and my favorite way to do that is- DANCE!!!!!
So, if you are proud of your age and are feeling youthful, let me hear you shout it out loud and clear. Tell me how you feel in 15 words or less, and show the world how you are “growing young”. Be sure to include your name, age and if you want, a picture. Send your entries to angie@queencitydancingqueen.com
