A Tanka on Aging

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A Tanka on Aging

thirty seemed so old
then forty – and oh! fifty
a number unheard —
yet now at soon sixty
the world is blossoming anew

words still play hide and seek
but their colors delight
in swirls and streaks of
pinks purples and blues —
the world
keeps writing itself anew!
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more I am that I am mantras

More I am that I am mantras from this morning’s Morning Wanderings pages (flowers added 🙂 ) —

I am that I am
I am slim and sixty years
full of daily joy
.
Which sounds really good 🙂 or maybe it could be
.
I am that I am
I am slim and sixty years
filled with daily joy
.
What I’m actually looking for though is a similar affirmation to be using now at fifty-nine which is three syllables and slim and doesn’t work quite as rhym-y as slim and sixty or how about slim and almost sixty or slim and soon sixty — oh! if I leave off “years” it might work .

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I am that I am
I am slim and fifty-nine
full of daily joy
.
or maybe
.
I am that I am
I am slim at fifty-nine
full of daily joy
.

Or also wondering if need to say the year or age? An affirmation is what *IS* even if it’s not here or visible yet  —

.
I am that I am
I am slim in perfect health
full of daily joy

Ok! that one works for me!