Freedom and growing older

I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived. ~Henry David Thoreau, 1854

It is my 29th birthday!
When I was younger, I thought getting older would suck…wrinkles, slower metabolism, sagginess and cellulite.
I love getting older. I love the wisdom, understanding and love of self that comes with maturity.
Most of my teens and twenties I had to convince myself; the trials I was faced with were going to make me a stronger and better person…I had to in order to survive…but I never believed myself until years later. As most know, I went through a lot of VERY hard times but they have refined me into the beautiful and amazing person I am today.

Here is a list of things I learned…
1. It is only a mistake if I don’t learn from it
2. No man is worth my tears, but once I find one that is, he won’t make me cry
3. I can do anything I put my mind to
4. Seek the wisdom of ages, but see the world through the eyes of a child
5. To forgive myself
6. If you don’t like the way things are Change Them
7. Decorate yourself from the inside out
8. It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes my family.
9. Everything I have gone through has given me such an appreciation of the beauty in life and people.
10. Enjoy life, it’s moments and live in the present

I am 29, still HOT and more amazing than ever!
Cheers to more birthdays to come!


Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many. ~Author Unknown.

DONE

I have reached a point of doneness.

I am done with many people in my life; close relatives to not so close friends. I am done trying to please other people and get these people to love me. I am done living up to expectations that are not mine. I am done letting certian people walk on me, judge me and hurt me.

It is interesting how one conversation of revealing the hurts I feel can make them never want to talk to me again.