Well, its been a while, but I am back on track. My birthday was April 14th and I have been celebrating for the past few days. I turned 32 and I am proud of it. Getting older for most is usually a big deal, but for me it's not a big deal at all. When you have been through a few things in your life, you learn to appreciate life as it goes on and not worry about it getting older. It's amazing to me how people complain about getting older and worry about dieing. This I don't understand. Reality hits me whenever I hear people talk about this. How can you complain about something that is going to happen and then worry about it's opposite because you are afraid of it?
My great grandmother use to tell me, "you're afraid of living and scared to die." I didn't really get it because I was young and my mind wasn't ready for figuring out life lessons yet. Now I get it. When you look at it, it's one and the same. It's basically telling you that you are afraid either way it goes. When I realized this what this metaphor was saying, I made a promise to myself to live everyday to the fullest. The metaphor really had a major impact on me when my great grandmother passed away. It made me cherish life as she did. She didn't let all of the unnecessary things worry her. She would do what she could and then let God do the rest.
I read an excerpt that Oprah wrote in her magazine for this months issue. She was talking about getting older and the things that women do to try and keep their youth. She mentioned that every woman should know that things are going to fall and get wrinkled, that's juts a part of getting old. She said people who lie about their age are denying the truth and contributing to a sickness pervading our society-the sickness of wanting to be what you're not. STOP being afraid of living and scared to die. Take on a new method and be proud of your age. Create a new metaphor-Fearless of age and assured of life.
"Fearless of age and assured of life"-K.J Swint
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