Words For My Pictures

  I took another self-portrait to mark another birthday. A simple headshot to mark the effect of nearly a half-century of existence as Deresse.  I can hardly notice the subtle changes in how I look but I am sure they are changes because once you pass your growth stage there is no turning back. You slowly age every second. It is inevitable. Depending on what you believe you can pray and do good deeds for your afterlife but you can not reverse aging, getting old, and finally death.   Stoping to grow physically and the aging of your body doesn't mean that you stop growing as a person but you need to put an effort into that. If you are not open-minded and curious to learn your intellectual growth will also deteriorate. I try my best to learn and understand new things as much as I can. Trying to see the world and life from different perspectives. I would say that I am wiser than I was twenty years ago and want to be much wiser next year. This doesn't mean that I regrate for being th