Live and Learn
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It’s midnight and the neighbors have quieted down after a weekend of backyard wedding festivities. I’m doing laundry. The fan is on and I’m taking in whatever cool air it’s giving me. It is HOT in Vancouver.
In less than a month I’m turning 30. Somehow it seems like such a big number. A big enough number that it renders inner emotional earthquakes to anyone who reaches it, whether they’d like to admit it or not. I remember last year when my friend, Ms. “Ghost You Know” [P, you know what's weird? The song just came on my iPod! Freaky freaky freaky ol' pal], was short of freaking out about her 30th, I was trying to put myself in her shoes. I wanted to know how I would react to my own 3th. I’ll be fine, I said. I’ll be fine!
Hello World? Hello Age? Hear hear. I. Am. Breeding. Crazies. In. My. Head.
What is it about turning a new decade that is so monumental? For me, it seems that I’m faced with my Self who asks — “What have you done the past 10 years?”
10 years. I’ve lived several lifetimes. There was Me-20, Me-21, Me-22…and so on. Telling you that it’s been a CRAZY ride won’t even cut it.
I’m not the type who lives along the known path. Inside the lines. Normal. If I had to graph my life experiences, it’s whacked. Up up up. Down down down. Never just coasting smoothly. Always interesting, I would say. I’ve made huge mistakes and I’ve learned from them grandly. I wouldn’t be who I am now without those cuts, bruises, stitches and scars. Here I stand before you know, whole. Confident. Complete. Sure. Ready to face more of what life has to offer.
Twenties. Oh twenties. How much of the world you taught me. How much of a hard life you taught me. But I turned out fine. Just fine. One of the the most important things learned from all of those 10 years is to Have Faith. Stand up and keep plodding on. The light? It’s always there. You just have to believe enough to see it. Believe in yourself that you will survive and thrive.
Life isn’t perfect. Just live and learn. And enjoy.
Happy birthday!welcome to the world of women in their thirties.
Good thing about mistakes we make in the journey of life are what we learnt from them,which in the long shapes us to who will become.
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I turn 32 this year. I can say, for myself, so far the thirties are better than twenties. It’s not that all issues are gone, but it seems that my self-esteem is so much better and I feel younger and more adventurous.
Enjoy and happy pre-birthday!
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