It's my birthday!

I never really understood the concept of worrying about your age. It's not something over which you have any control. The days, weeks and years go marching by whether you like it or not. So why not just accept it and enjoy it? As Norman Vincent Peale said, "Live your life and forget your age."

Perhaps I'm okay with the concept of aging because I've always felt older than my years. I get along well with people of all ages, and see the value of experience that my "older" friends have gained through a life well lived. I'm actually rather excited to be almost 30. There seems to me to be something innately immature about being a "twenty-something." It is almost as if that is a blanket excuse for mistakes, bad behaviour and selfishness. Of course, that could just be modern society on a whole and I'm associating it with twenty-somethings because those are the people I am around most...

Anyway, I decided to celebrate my birthday this year I wanted to have a Field Day! Tomorrow I'm getting together with friends and playing tug-o-war, Frisbee, three-legged races, sack races and lots of other fun stuff! The best way to age gracefully is to stay young at heart!