Posted on 02/24/2014 7:55:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
She may not look anywhere near her 76 years but Jane Fonda says she is well aware of her age.
The Hollywood legend who has made her career in an industry which isn't exactly kind to aging actresses - admits she has been brought to tears on more than one occasion recently as she comes to terms with her own mortality.
In a thoughtful blog post entitled 'Crying', which has since been removed, Jane wrote: '[I've been thinking], how come my tears are so close to the surface? And Ive come to feel it has to do with age. I have become so wonderfully, terribly aware of time, of how little of it I have left; how much of it is behind me, and everything becomes so precious (sic).'
Despite Jane worrying about her mortality, she believes getting older has its advantages, namely allowing her to appreciate the beauty in the world.
She said: 'With age, I am able to appreciate the beauty in small things more than when I was younger perhaps because I pay attention more.
'I feel myself becoming part of everything. I seem to be super sensitive to people's joy and pain. I ache for unwanted children in the world, for polars bears, and elephants, and Monarch butterflies, and dolphins, gorillas and chimpanzees (sic).'
Most recently Jane found herself becoming emotional at her friend Kerry Washingtons baby shower on Sunday.
She wrote: 'Today I was at Kerry Washingtons baby shower. She's 7 months pregnant and looking radiant.
'It was a wonderful party with guests being asked to go into a photo booth and take 6 different poses that were then mounted on a black paper where we could write a message....
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This woman actively aided and abetted the enemy in making sure as many American young men never lived past their late teens and early 20’s, and now she can’t stop crying as she comes to terms with her own mortality. As a Leftist Activists for women’s rights and equality, she proves that in reality she is no equal; as they died like men, and she cries like a woman. Cry me a Red River in Hanoi, Jane.
‘I feel myself becoming part of everything. I seem to be super sensitive to people’s joy and pain. I ache for unwanted children in the world, for polars bears, and elephants, and Monarch butterflies, and dolphins, gorillas and chimpanzees.’
How about babies in the womb?
Not a problem, jtp. Anything to help the water supply; I’ll piss in the ocean every chance I get dreaming of giving that bitch a dousing!
Good for you ! :)
When you are on the fast track to hell, mortality seems very significant.
No one wants another human being to go to hell, but if that’s the path that the person has chosen .... (actions have consequences)
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