"I think we load huge amounts of pressure on ourselves to meet certain standards that may not be applicable to us. We want long straight hair when we have curly hair; thinner, taller, blonder, etc. We want what we do not have or cannot do, instead of embracing and making do with the great qualities we have and are able to do. I became more comfortable with myself as I aged; once I hit 50 and now on the crest of 60, I find I have accepted things about myself that are just NOT going to change and have learned to work with them. I am not able to wash my car, clean the entire house and grocery shop all in one day now like when I was younger, and that is okay. I have also learned that there is always tomorrow and if that does not come, the chores were meant for someone else or not to be done at all. I am trying to smell the roses every day. I just wish I had learned to incorporate this thinking more often when my Steve was alive. Life is a lesson. We need to pay more attention to it."