Jun 27, 02:32 pm
{week three} turning thirty
For this week’s prompt—wheels—I started thinking of the of the ‘wheel of life’ and the ups and downs and how our days, our years come and go, come and go. My thoughts kept going back to the cycle of a year… 365 days… birthdays. My birthday. My 30th birthday.
Turning 30—the wheel of life won’t stop for me.
“So this it. This is 30. I suppose I should feel OLD and be depressed and start lying about my age. But I guess I don’t see the point. While I can’t say I’m overjoyed to be getting older, I can’t really say it feels like the end of the world either. Sure, I find myself reflecting back on my 30 years—gaging accomplishments, remembering mistakes, counting joys, adding up regrets. Looking at the sum of who I am today. Overall, I’ve had a good run thusfar. But if I had the chance to go back, are there things I would change? You betcha. I’ve made more than my fair share of goof-ups. But if there is one thing I hope to change in my next 30 years, it’s to stop beating myself up for the past. To live more in the moment without the burden of past fears or regrets to haunt me… Where do I go from here? Forward. A bit more wiser. A bit more aware. And hopefully a bit more forgiving of myself.”
The page includes a small pocket where I’ve added a few related quotes:
“Some people say you’re only as old as you feel. At the moment, how old does that make you?”
“It is never to late to be who you might have been.”—George Eliot
“Count your life by smiles, not tears. Count your age for friends, not years.”
“Age is just a number.”
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