Birthday-Reflections

[caption id=“attachment_4817” align=“aligncenter” width=“800”] “As I have walked through many lives, some of them my own, and I am not who I was, though some principle of being abides, from which I struggle not to stray." ~ Stanley Kunitz[/caption] It’s hard to believe that so many years of my life have gone by and I’m at the ripe old age of seventy-two. When I was sixty-five, I remember thinking what a long life that was. Of course, when I turned seventy, that feeling was even more pronounced. What do I have to say at seventy-two? ...

[caption id=“attachment_1635” align=“alignleft” width=“525”] To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour. ~ William Blake[/caption] It’s hard to believe that another year has gone by so quickly. It seems that it was just the other day that I turned 70. As the years go by, time seems to go faster. It was a very busy year for me. I decided to get a new kitty after my beloved Cali died. My new cat, Ali, was just 9 weeks old when we brought him home. He was very active and had a way of getting into everything. I was overjoyed to have him but I had to muster lots of energy and stamina to care for my new “baby. ...

Birthdays are celebrations of life when you are present to celebrate and can be actively involved in the celebration. A “Celebration of Life” for you happens when you’re no longer around for the celebration - you’re dead. (Jean) Thankfully, I’m around for this year’s celebration of my birthday today. I have been actively involved in expressing the way in which I want to spend this birthday. At times, my life’s journey has felt like being on a roller-coaster ride and other times like a cruise ship sailing smoothly along. ...