Birthdays

So I guess I have a big birthday coming up and everyone wants to make a big deal about it. I have never been obsessed with the age thing. Yes I am turning 50 in a few short days, but it doesn’t change a thing about me. I am still the same person; I have just added a ring to my centre like a tree. Cut me open on Friday and you will count 50 rings. Although I am not sure if you cut a tree open just before it aged another year and you would find only a half ring, anyways getting way off track here. I must stay focused.

I remember when my mom turned 50 some 25 years ago and I asked her “So, what does it feel like to be 50?” Her reply was “I still feel like I am 25.” So I decided then and there that is how I will go forward living my life, feeling like I am always 25. I look at people that are my age and I sometimes have to wonder if I look that old. Then there are those that seem to be so much more mature and disciplined then me at this age. I wonder if they have had the fun and adventures that I have had. Ok maybe some irresponsible things have happened to me, but I really have no regrets.

My best friend for the last 27 or so years is also hitting the same milestone as myself, and I know she hasn’t changed the way she lives as she has gotten older. She has lived by that same philosophy as I have. We still do crazy things and we still laugh at the things we did but like me, I know she wouldn’t change the past. Also my partner, although 8 years younger in numbers, will never be an old fuddy duddy, she is and always will be young at heart.

You are probably wondering where I am going with rambling about age. It’s just to say that age is a mind set that can age you faster then the number you are at. Live life to the fullest and don’t worry about how old you are. Live for the minute, because you never know when the minute might run out.