I walked into the bathroom this morning to shave. A part of me wished that I could do it with my eyes 1 . I hadn’t enjoyed looking at my 2 in the mirror lately. It just looked too OLD for my 57 years. The thinning hair on my 3 head was almost all silver gray now. There were too many age 4 from being out in the sun so much in the last 50 years. There were also deep lines in my forehead from a half 5 of grimaces (面部扭曲) because of my daily back pain. The skin on my cheeks looked 6 from my lost weight recently. And there were bags under my eyes from not being able to sleep as long and 7 as I used to. Even the stubble (胡子茬) on my chin was getting white.
After I finished 8 , I looked in the mirror again. My face looked a little sad so I decided to try a 9 instead. Suddenly, something magic happened. Fresh wrinkles appeared but they 10 looked pretty good. Deep laugh lines curved up from my eyes and around my smile. The forehead wrinkles 11 and eyes below them seemed so full of kindness, joy, and 12 . Even my teeth seemed to sparkle and I looked far younger and happier than I had only a few 13 ago. I walked out of the bathroom with that smile on my face and also in my heart.
Grace Paley once said: “You get the face you 14 .” That has certainly been true for me. Age, sun 15 , and back pain are all there in it. But a life lived with kindness, love, and joy are there as well.
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