Birthday
Your birthday is as good a time as any to reflect upon your life and years. To re-evaluate, adjust, make changes, seek happiness, discard old dreams, and invite new ones to rejuvenate what could be described as a tired mind.
The past is not prologue. What we have done doesn’t define who we are. We are able to re-invent ourselves, set new goals, ignore past indiscretions, and reconcile questionable decisions. After all, statistics tells us that the result of every coin flip is independent of the previous result.
It’s taken me a long time to figure this out — and, really, it’s just a line from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (the movie): “A heart should not be judged by how much it loves but by how much it is loved by others.”
And, that’s the sum of it. The best feeling in the world is to be loved. Loving someone doesn’t guarantee happiness or peace of mind; however, being loved makes the bad times bearable and the good times legendary.
