Gwyneth Paltrow Pens Powerful Message On Embracing Aging Ahead Of Her 50th Birthday

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Gwyneth Paltrow is taking the time to reflect in anticipation of her 50th birthday. The actress took to Instagram on Thursday to share a black-and-white picture of herself rocking a bikini while directing her followers to a link with a personal essay on Goop she penned.

You can ch-ch-check out the stunning post (below): Gorg! Related: Gwyneth Says She Doesn’t Miss Acting — But Would Return For One Reason! Gearing up for the milestone birthday on September 27, Gwyneth looked back on the past five decades in the lengthy post.

While the Iron Man star wrote how she “strangely [has] no sense of time passed,” she recognized the physical changes that naturally come with growing older, calling her body “less timeless” and “a map of the evidence of all the days”: Gwyneth continued to say that although she does everything she can to stay healthy, she has decided to accept her body and let go of the constant desire for perfection: Hell yes, girl!

We’re love to hear that Gwyneth embracing her own skin! But beyond reflecting on her physical appearance, the Glee alum also touched on the mistakes she has made in the past, saying this next phase in her life requires “owning” up to and “praying I have learned from them all.” She continued: Despite all of that, Gwyneth noted that her biggest regret in life so far is staying silent about “my truth” throughout the years: However, the Shakespeare in Love star doesn’t believe in turning back time to fix these mistakes since “every one of those sleepless hours that came from one of these transgressions against myself or others has led to something.” But moving forward, she wants herself to “slow down,” “retreat a little bit,” apologize to “anyone that had a negative experience with me,” but,