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Thu Jan 04 2007

What is it about us getting older, that we so nervous to say? Am I not proud of what I’ve achieved in those years I’ve managed to exist? Have I got nothing to say about time I’ve spent living? Was it a worthy time or wasted time?...I’ve been thinking why I couldn’t find any words to say on the actual day of my birthday? As if by saying I’m older now, I would immediately get additional wrinkle or extra pound...or maybe loose a tooth?...as if by saying my age out loud I would cast a spell on me to be that old…strange, huh? I thought of it today more calmly and came to the conclusion that it is just a silliness of me and nothing else. My birthday was yesterday and I’m 41. There, I said it…do I feel bad? Or do I feel better? Am I sad? Or am I glad? Should I really be asking myself such questions at all? Does it matter in comparison to the rest of me? Just a little piece, a definition, one of many…do you realise it too that in virtual reality we often try to hide the most insignificant details revealing the most shocking ones? What does my age has to do with me? In here – nothing. I’ve read diaries of much older people that sound much younger then me and I’ve read many words of youngsters that sound as a mumble of near-dead individuals…
So…another year older, what’s a big deal…and thank you to those who remembered…
8 Comments
  • From:
    MadMegan (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 04 2007
    I didn't even learn to THINK properly until I was 35, so I'm voting for older vs. younger. Even if I HAVE lost a tooth already!

    :-)
  • From:
    Nibbles (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 04 2007
    Happy Birthday!!!


    I KNEW it was soon... :)
  • From:
    Mollycoddle (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 04 2007
    Life's only just beginning. So don't be afraid to live it!
    Belated Happy Birthday!
    Cx
  • From:
    Astrid04 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 04 2007
    Happy belated birthday to you! Your entry is absolutely right though...who cares if we're another year older? It doesn't make a bad person! We all hate to get older in a lot of ways but you are right in seeing all that we have accomplished as well. At least we're still alive to have a birthday! ;)

    Astrid~
  • From:
    Razzenne (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 04 2007
    beautiful russian svetlana!!!!!!!!!
    ew my friend happy birthday to you
    oh what a glorious time to celebrate your birthday at the turn of the new year
    oh you new year creature you this insures that you will be young for time ad infinitum!!!!!!!
  • From:
    IKnowHer (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jan 05 2007
    Great entry. "Life begins at 40" they say so you are 1 year since it begun. Long way to go, to feel old. Great to feel young at heart and cherrish life.

  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Jan 05 2007
    We're way too focused on the *number*. What matters is what passed during, for instance, 40 and 41. Was a footprint, even a little one, left in the sand? Does anyone care that one existed from 40 to 41? And give hope that one may live many more 41s?

    Happy belated birthday.

    Shalom
  • From:
    Dreamerbooks2003 (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu Jan 11 2007
    Happy prime time birthday
    Make this a wonderful year..
    you have all the know how.