Lifestyle change

[sfllaw]

As I walked around Hong Kong, I was able to notice a greater variety of Asian faces than I'd ever seen before. What struck me was how aged people looked over there. It's the sun, the pollution, the stress of everyday life. But it had a profound effect on me.

I looked at my grandfather, and looked at my father, and looked at myself in the mirror

Comments

...it's in the shine of the eyes...

[anonymous]

"Then I'll have to figure out how to look dignified, after I can no longer look attractive."

Don't worry about "dignity" and western conceptions of it. Gautama Buddah looked dignified, with or without robes. At least all the representations of him, living or inanimate look that way. Dignity is in the eyes and it runs deeply into the universe from that entry point.

[pphaneuf]

I hear you, about the rebellion thing. One day, I decided that I'd rebel against the rebellion, in some way. I thought that just doing the opposite of what I'm being told to do, in spite, was falling into the trap as much as doing everything I was told to do. Take what's good and true, leave the bad behind.

As for looking good, I find that it's mostly about how I feel than how I actually look. Sometimes, I know I have a stupid looking shirt or haircut, but I feel cool anyway, so I'm good and confident. Other times, I try on something fashionable or my hair looks good in the mirror, but I feel like a dork and hate it. True story: "Pierre, you have a splatter of something on your cheek." -- "That's okay, I can't see it."