November 7, 2004
-
Taking Stock
So Monday I'm 43. I thought for a while about this, cleaning up the garden on an unseasonably warm Sunday. Then I went in and got the digital to illustrate my scattered thoughts.
When you're 43, like your gardening boots, you might show a few signs of wear -- the unpolished surface, the odd rip or tear, the scuffed uppers and the irreparable sole.
On the other hand, there's still a bit of multihued harvest visible
amid the wrinkled leaves, every now and then.
And even in this advancing middle-age, there's a green shoot or two; sometimes a bit of young leaf or, startlingly, the occasional flower.
And there's always the golden fruit of the full-
fledged harvest of experience.
Well, okay -- it's all a bit tongue-in-cheek, but still and all I wouldn't choose to be any younger. And I'm definitely looking forward to getting a lot older (good fortune, good health and any pertinent deity willing).
Comments (19)
Oh, I so agree. I am 45, and loving every minute of it. Whoever said we were not getting older, but better, sure had it right. I only wish I could embrace my gray hair.
Oh, and Happy Birthday.
Happy Birthday tomorrow, lovely lady.
I like gardening boots analogies and the like.
Beautiful, all of it.
,
And I'm loving your forties, too.
May your Monday be memorable, dear.
DiDi
Happy birthday. I wouldn't want to be younger either, and I'm 61. Actually, I wouldn't mind it if I could keep all that I've learned.
I know that there's this 'funny stuff' about being over the hill after you turn 30, 40, 50, etc., but those are, IMO, the years when you really find out who you are and what really matters.
Happy b-day.
I get happier with each passing decade. Yea, each year. Life is good.
Happy Birthday my friend! I hope you have the wonderful day you deserve. (as well as the subsequent 354 days, of course) I should live by your wise words.
Happy Birthday! I think it was your website's title "loving my 40s" which drew me first to your website. Being 43 myself, I savor the title because it reminds me just how much I love being in my 40s myself.
Happy birthday and long-lived attitude.
Age is really a state of mind. My mental health speed bump is in two weeks...
Happy Birthday. They say 60 is the new 30, so 43 is looking mighty young these days, yes? In any case, here's to even greater wisdom and deeper appreciation of life as the years pass by.
Happy Birthday, Faith.
A super happy birthday to you, baby.
Happy Birthday. The chinese believe with age comes grace, wisdom, and wealth. Those are good reasons to move ahead of us. ((wink!))
Happy Birthday! May you have all the blessing you desire and more! Blessings abound
Happy birthday.(belated I'm afraid)
I think the vineyard is a better metaphor; the older vines are cherished for the sweetest grapes.
WFE
Happy birthday....
A beautiful way to put it. Hope you had a great birthday.
Comments are closed.