Don't Let The Fear Of Aging Shut You Down "Make Your Best Move" -- Choose
Life, And Live It

Thanks to the ideas surrounding "ideal body image", the fear of aging, seems to be one of the most common low self esteem signs in women. Instead of shaking in terror of it, and letting it run our lives, lets look this unwanted demon straight in the face....

...Because, as long as you are busy running from something, you can't do much to change it.

Are you showing signs of aging? If so, dyeing your hair, and getting a face lift isn't going to do a thing to get rid of the fear. Your self image might get a boost for awhile, but what happens if you can't hide it anymore? I'm not saying anything for, or against cosmetic surgery, or hair dyeing. I'm concerned with having fear about aging.

If you have signs of aging, can you allow it to be? Are you able to accept that you have these signs of aging, and if not, why?

Your Personal Belief System

When you stop to think about it, you don't really have a fear of aging. It's the things you associate it with that scare you...

Losing Your Beauty
Being Unloved And Alone
Vulnerability
Being Unable To Do The Things You Enjoy
Loss Of Personal Power
Having Nothing To Look Forward To
Losing The People And Things That Bring You Joy
Fear Of Suffering and Pain
Fear Of Dying

This is quite a large list of separate issues that our minds ball up into one thing we call aging. Yet, there is something we can do about them...

...We can claim our power, and change them, or we can learn to see them differently.

Your beauty is not something that you can lose. Real beauty shines through from the inner being that you are. Young, flawless skin and hair doesn't create beauty. That is an illusion created by the media and magazines. Think about it...

Women don't usually consider a man to have lost his looks when he starts showing signs of aging. In fact, he may be seen as being "more distinguished". In our culture, a man's worth is not measured by how young he looks. His beauty isn't defined by physical characteristics -- as much. I have news for you...

...Just because the media measures a woman's beauty by her age (and weight), doesn't mean that their standards are the correct ones.

Would you judge, and lose your love for someone just because they begin to age? Would your loved one cease to be beautiful, or handsome to you just because his face changes?...

...Then why do you judge yourself this way? Why do you care about the opinion of those who would judge you this way?...

...You don't need those kind of people in your life. Allow them to be as they are, say a prayer for them, and move on! Stop letting the fear of aging rule your life. Your beauty is eternal. You don't have to be rejected, die alone, feel vulnerable, live without joy, have nothing to look forward to, suffer needlessly, or live in fear. In fact...

...Expecting those things to come upon you actually guarantees their arrival in your life. According to Esther and Jerry Hicks, authors of the life-changing book called, "The Law of Attraction", we are creators who continually manifest what we think, and feel strongly about.

This goes along well with the discoveries made by modern quantum physicists that demonstrate that our world, and our experiences in it, are not what they seem to be. That we are the creators of our experience -- not victims of it, and...

...Most of what we are resisting/creating when we focus on our fear of aging is caused by one thing, and one thing only...

...Our beliefs.

How We Create Our Reality

Considering that we manifest our bodies with our thoughts and emotions -- as is suggested by quantum physics -- what do you think happens to your body when you believe that you are over the hill and on your way down at 40? Of course you will have a fear of aging. When you believe that you no longer have your whole life ahead of you, how can you look forward to anything? What is there to plan for except the well being of your descendants?

How can anyone who is "over the hill" possibly have good self esteem if they think they are through?

Most people put so much energy into their pre-40 years, then after that they think they have done all they are supposed to, and the rest is just preparing to die. If you aren't independently wealthy, and you believe that your productive years are nearing the end, what will you do to prevent yourself from landing in a vulnerable and helpless position? Hope to win the lottery? What else?

...If you believe that sickness, suffering, decay and breaking down of the body is natural and inevitable, why would you try to prevent it?

If you think about it, all most people do is grow up, get a job -- usually one that pays, but doesn't fulfill -- reproduce, then prepare to die. Then their children continue the cycle. Nobody asks questions, and very rarely does someone focus on their own personal development and fulfillment -- instead they only focus on their children's futures. Of course this is important, but so is your own future important as well...

...Surely there is more to being human than just reproduction and preparing for death.

Could it be that life is meant to be much more than we have made it? Is it possible that all of our fear of aging and death is based on misunderstandings? Is it possible that our personal belief system is creating all that we are afraid of?

These are important questions we must ask ourselves if we want to overcome our fear of aging, and learn to live and love our lives. We must allow the possibility that there are answers to these questions other than the ones we learned during the domestication process we experienced as a children?

Why not? What have we got to lose? Why not lose the fear of aging, and...

Choose To Dream, And Choose Life

In her book, "Law of Attraction", Esther Hicks says...

"If you hold to the idea that you can only believe the things that are currently based in "factual evidence", then nothing can change for you, but when you understand that the refocusing of thought, and the response of the Law of Attraction to the new thought, will bring new evidence, then you understand the power of Deliberate Creation."

Gerald O' Donnell, world renowned, certified hypnotherapist, who holds a B.Sc. in Mathematics, an M.Sc. in computer Science, an MBA, and is the creator of the ARVARI system for consciously creating your life, said...

"I never celebrate birthdays as yearly events but as daily ones for every day is a new birth, every night a new death. I am going to explain.

I am going to share a deep and profound secret for longevity, rejuvenation, and day to day enlivenment- a secret the old program of the old matrix, so imbedded in all of us and in all of our sciences and spiritual misconceptions, would not want us to integrate and live by it, for it threatens its temporal grip on us...

Forget years or decades as time stations, they mean nothing: you are not to be slave to the orbit of earth around the sun. You are the Sun/Son, you are the Light, you are the Star, and you are here to experience and enjoy the earth. Do not ever tag yourself or others as.... years or even days "old." Words have power and you are programming yourself with that. Your biology follows the accepted programs we share."

Those interested in ARVARI can find information here.

Make Plans For Living

Challenge your beliefs about death -- what it really is, and what happens after.
Pretend that you are allowed to live as long as you like, and even perhaps, reverse some of the physical effects of aging if you take the right steps to do so. Pretend that you can choose to die whenever you like. What plans would you make? What changes and actions would you take? -- if you take this seriously.
Change your perspective from one of nearing the end, to having your whole life ahead of you. Remember, and recover your enthusiasm for your life. Make plans!
Do this Body Image And Aging Worksheet to turn what you don't want about aging, into what you do want
If you were to die tomorrow what regrets would you have? Address them, and deal with them now.
Ask yourself why you feel it's easier to accept all of the negative things surrounding your fear of aging than it is to question your beliefs and claim your power? Are you telling yourself that you are too tired to go through it all again? Why not choose to make it different this time? Do different things, in a different way.
What self defeating and self limiting beliefs do you entertain about yourself? How's your self esteem?

Challenge your beliefs about yourself. Realize that our bodies decay along with our hopes. Claim your power. Make plans as if you are going to live, and keep in mind that the worst that can happen is that you age, and die without any regrets -- after having lived your life to the fullest. Think of all the fun you can have if you choose to dream...

"Row row row your boat, gently down the stream. Merrily merrily merrily merrily life is but a dream."

What Do You Know About Aging?...

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