Well, here I am on the eve of my 31st birthday. It's crazy really, that February is here and tomorrow I may get the chance to celebrate another beautiful birthday (that is if God will grant me one more day.) Birthdays are a great time to reflect over all the things that I've learned over the years. After thirty + years of mistake making, I've learned a few things. Here is a short list of things that I know for sure:
1. If you are given a choice of playing with your kids or cleaning your house...always choose your children first! The dust and mess can wait, your children will not want to play with you forever.
2.Eventually, we all turn into our parents one way or another. Knowing this, I choose my words and actions wisely!
3. Give without expecting anything in return. I don't think you've fully lived if you haven't done something for someone else who can never repay you.
4. Worrying is wasted energy
5. A quote stolen from Dr. Seuss: "A person's a person no matter how small."
6. Judge people by their actions, never their words.
7. Never wish you were somebody else or had their life...God put you in this world to live the life that he had planned for you.
8. Smile...it makes people wonder!
9. Listen closely...it's a gift that shows you care. Most people don't listen, they are just biding time for their turn to speak.
10. Wealth has nothing to do with your bank account.
11. Laugh with life. Imagine what the alternative is.
12. There really is nothing more valuable than your health.
Millions of people say that your thirties are the best decade of your life...I'm going to choose to believe them! Here's to another year in my thirties!
Happy Birthday, Me!!
