It was particularly warm in MA yesterday so I took my bicycle down to Brackenbury Beach like I regularly do in summer. As I dismounted my bike and turned the corner I saw an elderly couple making their way through the sand, waving their canes around and tossing the seaweed aside in defiance of their physical age. It was a special moment that I hope to not soon forget, and I took the next moment to pause and recognize the energy and liveliness that supports my relatively youthful 30-year-old body.
It is truly amazing what we've been endowed with, and in moments like the one above I am reminded of the advice I've attempted to internalize that entered my world just over a decade ago:
"Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth...
...in 20 years, you'll look back
At photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now
How much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
...Enjoy your body, use it every way you can
Don't be afraid of it or what other people think of it
It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own"
The original essay, published as an unofficial graduation speech, is longer. I can't recommend it enough
- Moth
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