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Author, Helen Heinmiller, joins Darshan Beauty LLC as an Ambassador and host blogger for SIMPLE TRUTHS about everyday life.  Life is fast-paced, exciting, and, at times, overwhelming. SIMPLE TRUTHS is a conversation about maintaining balance, restoring harmony, and creating a life of beauty ... beyond appearance.Visit http://www.helenheinmiller.com/
posted by Jodi at 12:08 PM
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Today's economic woes have me continually thinking, along with everyone else I presume, about how much effort and money we expend to look younger. Add up what we spend on salon treatments, new clothes, and the latest gadgets or creams and we could all book a cruise to paradise instead. But we don't. From the reports of dollars spent on the beauty industry, we seem to constantly be drawn back into the thinking that we cannot reach paradise unless we are perfect. Aren't we missing something here? Do we have to look like Eve (whom we assume looked exactly like a Victoria Secret Underwear Model) to get there? Since turning fifty this past year, I have been noticing the cost of life that I would describe in one of my sensitive moments as having trudged like an angry mob up my neck, over my chin, and on to the corners of my eyes. The battle fought to claim my cheekbones has started a mudslide of skin draping down my face to hang ever-so-teetering over my jaw line, warning me that unless I do something drastic now, I will start to resemble my pet pug soon! I'll confess, although you may have already guessed, that this comparison came to me during a hot flash. But hot flash aside, do I really believe that aging is an ongoing battle in life? No, I believe what we really have to battle is not our aging but our attitude. And it is our attitude that costs us not only more than we can afford to spend sometimes, but also our opportunity to find the paradise that we humans innately seek. Paradise is a state of bliss and we keep reaching for it as a place outside ourselves, and on some level we can subconsciously equate it to our external appearance. The paradise that we are hoping to find that will bring us total satisfaction actually comes from within. Our attitude that looking 30 or 40 or 50 is somehow a crime if that is actually our age is the problem. Our attitude that men will not stay with us if we look our age is the problem, or the idea that we'd want them to stay with us if that were the case is our problem. Our attitude that we are defined by physical appearance or that life is not successful unless we are starving ourselves to look good for the camera is our problem. Our attitude that a healthy body must look the same for everyone is our problem. Healthy living is actually the paradise we are internally seeking to achieve and it starts with a healthy attitude. The SIMPLE TRUTH is that living a healthy compassionate life to the fullest is the only attitude we need to be young at every moment; and it only takes about 10 seconds to think that thought every day. Creating standards of respect for ourselves and for how others treat us and how we treat others will bring the vitality of youth back into our lives. Living in the fullness of who we are and loving every bump, line, and imperfection, as the unique imprint that defines each of us in the universe, will shine a beauty into this world that will be seen and felt by all, including ourselves! So, go ahead and enjoy your salon treatments, new clothes, and the latest gadgets and creams that you can reasonably afford right now, but with a new attitude that they are part of the paradise that is already you!
posted by Jodi at 11:30 AM
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