By Michelle Allen
Michelle Allen is a community storyteller dedicated to preserving the history and charm of Hesperia. Follow along at www.echoesofthewillow.com for more inspiring local stories.
There’s a hush that comes with time—not silence, but something softer. A quiet clarity. A way of seeing the world not through urgency, but understanding.
When I think about what gets better with age, I don’t think first of wine or antiques (though I’ll gladly raise a glass to both). I think of softness. Of knowing. Of the way our hearts stretch to hold more: joy, grief, contradiction. We become less quick to judge, more willing to sit in the mystery.
With age, love changes. It deepens. It releases the need for fireworks and welcomes the flicker of porch lights left on. Friendships become fewer but more sacred. You learn who shows up—not just for celebrations, but for dishes in the sink and hard conversations.
And maybe—if we’re lucky—we begin to see ourselves with the same gentleness we offer others. We stop striving to be seen and start becoming who we were always meant to be.
Yes, the knees creak. The mirror surprises. But so does the strength. So does the peace. So does the laughter that rises from a well we’ve dug with time and truth.
So, what gets better with age?
The courage to choose stillness. The grace to let go. The wild, wondrous realization that we are still becoming.
🖋️ Journal Prompt
What in your life has deepened or softened with time? Write about something—an outlook, a relationship, a part of yourself—that has grown more meaningful, more resilient, or more tender as the years have passed. What wisdom has time whispered to you?
💬“Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art.” — Eleanor Roosevelt
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