This last Friday I celebrated turning 23 years old on the the 23rd. It was my golden birthday. The ancients used gold to symbolize the balance in all things. Here I am at 23 years old and searching for the balance that I know does exist. So as it turns out... 23 is considered to be the most powerful of golden birthdays: at times an ever shifting entity holds and infinite level of power... so it turns out I am now all powerful! Just kidding! I took a moment to consider how I got to this point though. In 23 years what has happened, and how have I responded to it.
I have learned ALOT in 23 years, and while it was a golden birthday, I don't think I have reached a golden age! Wisdom, strength, and protection are things I am learning but not yet do I have. What I have learned...
Believe in yourself! Even when everything in the world is against you, crumbling around you, and you feel like you are on a landslide. The only way you'll get out is believing in yourself and working your ass off! If you feel it is something you want, need or deserve, you have to work for it. There is no other way.
Bad things happen to good people, every single day! You are not immune to these things. They are going to happen, you won't be able to avoid them, you have to deal with them! When things are at their breaking point, I suggest the easier route. There is no make it better or patch it up in this. Just let it break! I feel this is like legos when your lego land crashes, you have a huge opportunity to rebuild a new creation.
3 D's - Don't worry about the dog hair, dust or dishes! Family is MORE important than anything!! A moment spent with them is invaluable. If you lose those moments they don't come back. You can't buy more time. You can't sleep on it and start over tomorrow. Never take family for granted. I'd give anything to have moments with my son. I'd love to post on my FB about his 18 month old self. You can't buy more time. So soak up the moments of just hanging at the house with your little ones, you'll never have better memories and neither will they.
Recognize those people who love you for who you are, with all of your faults. Take the time to love them back with everything you have! Support them when they need uplifted, hug them when they need it, just listen when they need to talk... just be there. Make sure that if anything happened today, they would know that you cared, loved them, and gave them everything you could to show it.
Time, it is full of evading properties! It is the honest truth that you will never get more. You don't know how long your clock turns, or how long everyone else's clock turns. You'll always be too late. Find a way to use every single second for you and your family, their success, and what it is that you really love. Share the world with a child in this time. It's so natural to teach them and love them. Give them the world, give them every opportunity possible, for you are setting the example for a future successful person. The best thing you can give them... your time.
Take the time to learn, to become educated. There will never be a day that you feel sorry for learning something. I am going to go after the next step of my degree sometime in the next years.
If you are an artist, never let art slip out of your life. You can't live without art. Even if you are not an artist, take a few moments to appreciate art.
Golden Rule for a Golden Birthday... yes, treat others how you'd like to be treated! I tell you, it is worth a lot more than gold!
I think the situations life has given me has taught me to appreciate what is left. I fall apart somedays, but other days I know what I need to do to at least make the most of it.
Until next time...
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