Coco Chanel — a famous designer and founder of the women’s fashion company, Chanel — stated:

Women of a certain age talk to me openly about having their faces lifted. A face of 50 should show something. If it looks like 20, empty without a line of experience, it looks moronic. Should Lincoln have had his wrinkles removed? We are born with one face, but laughing or crying, wisely or otherwise, eventually we form our own lines. A good face is composed of thoughtful laughter.

It’s interesting to me that this quote comes from a lady who worked in fashion, and made it her career to make women look and feel beautiful. So many people are concerned with lines on their faces. I was reading a book the other day that kept talking about people getting face lifts, or wrinkle remover, and I started worrying that I should be worried about that.

When I read this quote, I had to laugh. First off, I’m not “old” yet, so really, I shouldn’t worry about it. Second off, if my lines are the lines of laughter, I should value every one.

Sometimes I worry too much, and I’m afraid I’m forming lines because of that. In 50 years I don’t want to have lines from worry, so all anyone sees when they look at my face is how much I worried. Instead, I will laugh more, and throw off my worries, so my face is the face of one who loves and laughs.