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With a new spread of anti-aging creams, wellness centres, gyms, health stores and beauty salons in Jakarta, one must wonder if Indonesian women have cared more about their health and beauty or just in a new pursuit of achieving perfection. Has a quest for beauty become the new trend?

With all of those facilities available, one would think that Indonesian women are happier and more balanced. However, I notice that we have become especially pressured to look younger, have better skin, have a toner body and lose more pounds. Has it become a chore to be beautiful?

I found the secret to be younger, healthier, more beautiful and definitely happier as I age (ask my girls who think I am so strange :p). How? I realized sometime ago that I am already perfect – as a being of God – as perfectly summed by Tao The Ching:

“The greatest perfection seems imperfect, and yet its use is inexhaustible.”

I learn to give myself permission to be perfect, even with al of my seeming imperfections.

Does this mean that I stop exercising, eating healthy, taking supplements and using night cream? On no ladies, it only means that:

1. I am thankful for all my “seeming” imperfections (i.e. my big butt :p)
2. I do everything for a different reason. Before, to make myself look better in some distant future. Now, I do it just for the sake of doing it, because it makes me feel good, strong, energized and alive at that moment.
3. I have fun!

Just for today…

Today, choose to do one activity that will make you feel good about yourself.  It could be eating more veggies, walk for 10 minutes or skip a caffeine drink. Then, make a conscious choice to do this every day. Feel beautiful, then you shall radiate beauty!

*wrote this a while ago for a magz

Anti-aging (Selalu Awet Muda). Hari ini saya nonton Oprah yang menghadirkan Dr. Oz (seorang yang ahli dalam nutrisi dan kesehatan) yang membahas tentang “Aging Well” and “Staying Young” — Menua dengan Baik dan Tetap Awet Muda.
Pertama, memang banyak sekali informasi menarik yang didapatkan ketika menonton Oprah dan Dr. Oz, terutama ketika mereka melakukan tes kesehatan terhadap 100 orang/pemirsa di studio dan menemukan hasil sbb:

• 1% Outstanding = mendapatkan nilai sangat sehat
• 0% Aging Well = menua dengan baik
• 18% Average
• 81% Not aging well = tidak menua dengan baik

Mengagetkan bukan?

Unhealthy Lifestyle. Ternyata 81% dari orang-orang tidak menua dengan baik, yang artinya, usia tubuhnya jauh lebih tua dibandingkan dengan usia kelahirannya. Tes yang dilakukan oleh para peserta menilai semuanya, dari kolesterol, tekanan darah tinggi, berat badan, jumlah lemak yang dimiliki sampai darah dan kekuatan otot. Ini berarti 81% orang di dunia yang berada di lingkungan mampu… HIDUP TIDAK SEHAT. » Read the rest of this entry «