A few months ago, an up and coming photographer Richard Kissi reached out to me. He wanted to add “diversity” to his portfolio. I asked him exactly what he meant by that, because prior to our conversation, I never used the word “diverse” to describe me. He said he’d researched me and wanted to feature […]
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Time to Shine
Life is a constant self-improvement test whereby we steadily grow into the best version of ourselves. With this as my personal meaning of life, there’s plenty to keep me categorically busy: emotionally, physically, intellectually and spiritually. If we each identified daily tests of endurance — not just those that we design, but included those that […]
Blossom
All life goes through phases. From tiny little seeds pants root, grow, bud, blossom, pollinate, wither, fruit, fall, change colors, lose their leaves, crumble back to the earth. Like plants, we change throughout our lives as well. We grow. Our beauty, just like the energy contained in a flower, comes from within. A tight bud, […]
Envy No One
In my early twenties, in a conversation with a wise friend who is 20 years my senior, I started whining about the life I didn’t have. When I finished, she patiently pointed out that envy and jealously weren’t my most attractive traits. Then she said: If everyone in the world had to put their troubles […]
Maintain Inner Peace in a World of Turmoil
Nobody can give us inner peace. It would be nice if we could buy it by going on a retreat or vacation, but this is not a reality. While we might enjoy a peaceful vacation with no arguments in a beautiful peaceful setting— this doesn’t mean that we experienced peace in our mind. It’s hard […]
At “Enough” We Share
At some point while venturing through our individual journeys, we realize that others really can’t give us everything we think we want. When this realization dawns on us, the temptation arises to abandon that person (or situation) in search of something or someone different. The problem begins because we think that another’s inability to fulfill […]
Believe in Others
Disclaimer: I know this is going to inspire a lot of emotion—both positive and negative. I look forward to reading each and every comment. When I think of youth, I think of innocence. That time in our lives when as children, we believed whatever we were told. Children tend to approach others with openness and […]
Smashing Age Stereotypes
There are countless stereotypes as to what defines an “old” person. These are accompanied by myths as to what “older” looks like and “how old people act.” However, as with all stereotypes — most of them are simply not true. Aging does not mean that Alzheimers and forgetfulness are inevitable. It doesn’t mean we’re all […]
Pinch Me…
This is a repost from my modeling page with a story. (Instagram @DianGriesel ) You just never know how life will unfold at anytime, and in this case, in my #silver years. IF someone said I’d be a model with @wilhelminamodels in a campaign for Lancome @lancomeofficial in my fifties, I’d have taken the unlikely […]
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