Take the picture with your grandma even if your hair looks bad. You’ll care about her face, not your hair.
STILLNESS
WHAT THIS MEANS
Self-consciousness is loud now and completely silent later. In ten years the only thing you will look for in that photo is her, and your own appearance will not register at all. Nobody regrets a picture they took because of how they looked in it.
Say yes to the next photo with an older relative, whatever you think of your face that day. Then send it to them, which is the part everybody forgets.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Whose photo have you dodged because of how you looked?
MORE IN TIME, MORTALITY & LEGACY
- Getting older adds people as much as it takes them. Count both before you decide it’s all loss.
- Getting older doesn’t automatically make you wise. You have to actually learn from the years.
- Older neighbors often go days without real conversation. Ten minutes on their porch could be the best part of their…
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.