Reflections On Turning 47

Usually, when my birthday rolls around, I write some pithy thing or another to talk about my past year, my experiences and some revealed wisdom.  I have been doing this for eleven years, either on blogs or at a web bulletin board I used to frequent.

 

When I got out of bed this morning, I was thinking about what to write this year.  I was trying to filter through everything that I have been through since last December… sort of a figure-out-where-I-was-and-how-I-arrived-here sort of thing.  That was at 0500.   It is 0730 (finishing at 0940… damned job!) as I type this, and my answers are long in coming.

 

I thin that I should simply say this:  I have had a pretty good year.  I got a promotion on my last birthday; I bought a new car; I have written a few things that were either interesting, thought provoking, or even just plain funny.  Oh, and I have memorized the order of all 66 books of the Bible… which was a lot easier than I thought it would be (shout out to Debbie at Faith Inkubators).  I have cooked really good food, and I have taught some people things that may prove valuable to them; I even figured out what I am going to do when I hang up my guns (literally) and retire.  I have been, on the whole, good to people, and haven’t intentionally hurt anyone.  I have served others, and have had many kindnesses shown to me.  I am continuing to grow into the person that I am going be, and I think that it is good.  Yeah, it has been a pretty good year.

 

So, Happy Birthday to me! 

 

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