Words of Wisdom

Australian Madison magazine, 2011. Click image for larger version.When you’re young, you sometimes thing there’s some arrival point where suddenly you’re an older person. But now we know it just keeps unfolding. Getting older – it’s really the greatest gift. And that’s the secret no one tells you.

Here’s an uncommon point of view on ageing from actress Annette Bening, now 53. (I must say she was pretty adorable and gamine when she was young!)

I think for me 30 was the Great Age. I thought that would be when I would know everything, and be the woman I wanted to be. Now that makes me laugh! I’m quite a bit older than that now and know that I can – and must – always strive to be more than I am already, because that is the point of a life well-lived. Go forth and conquer, I say.