Well today is my birthday. I’m 77 years old and I find it very hard to believe. I did not think I would live to be 25, but I made it over three times that age. And it goes so quickly, I’m amazed.
Early life taught me I should be bold enough to live life on my own terms, break some rules and never, ever apologize for it. Go against the grain, refuse to conform, take the road less traveled instead of being a plodder slogging down the well-beaten path. Laugh in the face of adversity, and always leap before I look. Dance as though EVERYBODY is watching. March to the beat of my own drummer. And stubbornly refuse to fit in.”
Ahh but with age comes wisdom, and with wisdom comes regret. For all the things I could have done, and some I have never quite gotten to yet. And all the things I should have said but held back. And all the chances that I missed, year after year.
“Time gives me the clarity that only comes when the days and the months and the years pile up on each other so I can stand on top of it all and have an unobstructed view.” I don’t like the unobstructed view of my early life, but today is a new day. And I can see clearly now just like a bright and sunny day. That is because I found Jesus, or rather He found me.
At some point our bodies will unwind from our spirits and the pureness of spirit will remain. “We start our sometimes tedious, sometimes exciting, often times sad and stressful march to the grave the moment we’re born, so it might as well be a march worth remembering.” Don’t live your life in regret. Life is worth remembering and it is all we will get in this world. Learn from your mistakes and store the wisdom.
Job 12:12
Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.