I'm grateful for wrinkles!
The expectation or assumption of what wrinkles are is a sign of age. But what are wrinkles in actuality? Wrinkles are the creases left behind from repetitive use.
It's not a matter of age, but a matter of use. For instance, someone who smiles a lot, regardless of their age, will begin to wrinkles at the corner of their eyes. It's much like the practice of origami. A piece of paper will not naturally hold the desired shape if left to its own devices, no matter how old that piece of paper gets. But as creases are made, and then remade as they're enforced into the structure of the paper, then the shape will be maintained. Age merely facilitates an increased number of times that a crease can be made, because there's a greater amount of time, greater opportunity for those creases to be repeated.
I'm grateful for the wrinkles that emphasize the creases that we choose to repeat, the creases that re-emphasize our character.
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