I have never put that much thought into age, I just lived my life celebrating birthdays and life just went on. Yesterday though someone said i was old...whoa? The nerve?! Ha, it kinda got to me but i got over it cause truthfully speaking age-wise, I am old come to think of it. I don't hate it, but I am definitely conscious about it now...Thanks a lot! And seeing as I am to turn a year older in exactly 21days, this post is truly inspired.
Two people I greatly admire are George Clooney and Lisa Raye McCoy who seem to age oh, so gracefully....
George Clooney is 52 and rocks that suit like a 20 something year old.
While Lisa Raye is 46 going on 50.
Gist of the story is that as I was stuck in traffic today for over two hours on Lang'ata road (SMH), I got bored and started to do my random observations of the people in the jav. Next to me on my left was an older woman, maybe in her fifties. First thing that caught my eye was the fact that she was reading a book.I love to read so anyone else who reads automatically becomes an object of admiration to me. I struggled to read the title of the book she was reading, but couldn't. She put it away for a while, then the driver instantaneously pumped up the volume of the radio, as usual, Classic 105 was the station.
It was just beats at first and i could have sworn i knew that song, but the woman in sync with Carl Douglas hit all the notes right and loud..."everybody wants kungu fighting..."I was amazed to say the least, she went on to sing a few lines here and there shaking her head and snapping her fingers. For a moment I sat there admiring her in awe, first thought that came to mind was how at ease she was and that translated to me as a stress-free person, she looked happy. After a few, she brought out her book again. I was really curious and would do anything to see what the title read...and what do you know? It was in German!
Now i am really challenged, here I am a twenty-something year old, who prides herself in speaking just two languages while this woman can READ a foreign language and sing along to songs of her time in ways that make me want to be 50...ha! Reminded me of another woman i met late last year, she had just turned fifty and oddly enough we became sorta friends. You ask how? She's a free spirit, she sings out loud when she hears her favourite song, she dances in tune, she's random, she loves to eat out and travel, she has a good body, she works out, rocks jeans and puts me to shame! She enjoys her tusker malt once in a while and she likes to talk and make jokes and she laughs. Her smile is genuine, it comes from her heart, she has a good heart, a generous woman and I want to grow to be just like her.
I gave this story to one of my friends and she told me that the woman was happy because she was single and that men make their women age from stress. I don't know how true this is, but my friend is single yes...I think the liberation works for her! Hmm...food for thought!
Happy End Month...xx
