10th Day of the Year

What's so exciting on the 10th day of the year? Nothing, unless you are always excited about every day of your life so this day would be as exciting as yesterday and the day after today. I am not excited but I am entirely grateful for this day. This day is a celebration of my XX years of existence and I am a bit glad that I am still in my twenties which literally and physically means that I am still young. I didn't say that thirty-something folks are old. It is just that the twenties age bracket is my favorite as of this moment. I will be thirty soon, then forty and so on and I do not dread to become older because by that time, I will be wiser and more capable than my actual age.

I got one year older now but it still feels like I am just 23. Okay, I'll be 23 forever, that's just a number to stick to. I love getting old but I do not like the feeling that I am old and that I look old. I am not a hypocrite to admit that I want to look my age or at times, look younger. Well, I think most people would love to look a bit younger. But let's just face reality. We are not getting any younger every day, just as the tree sheds its leaves and the sun sets on the horizon. That's just it and when the day passed, we get older, too.

I have figured out a solution and this solution worked for me many years ago. It is how we feel with ourselves that really matters. How we look at age, how we deal with our lives and how grateful we are for the days that have gone by are some of the factors that really affect our lives altogether.

I have learned that age is just a number and by that, I like to age gracefully. I do not dread the fact that I will be older, day by day. I wish for a peaceful mind, a sturdy body and a healthy heart which serves as a huge storage of beautiful moments with loved ones and friends, old and new.

Cheers to aging then! :-)