The best birthday gift...ever
Yes folks - it's almost that time of year again. The time when I am reminded that I was born into the wrong body, life, culture, time-space continuum - you name it.
I don't much like my birthday...I never have. Over the years - I guess you learn to live with it - I am certainly not thrilled with looking at the wrong side of 50 (it looms before me). Most of my life I never worried about how old I was - this year for some reason it's changed a bit. It's just a tiny shift in my perception but it's huge for some reason. Perhaps it's only because of what I've been through and even though I am pretty introspective (most of the time) - I guess I thought I'd be somewhere else - living a different life by now.
That's not to say I am not 'thrilled' to be here - in the 'now time' of my existence. I am blessed in many ways (more than I could possibly count or mention on any given day), and I am lucky to have a chance to express myself, to love and to be loved. One of the greatest 'gifts' in my life are my family and my friends and nothing points this out more to me than the post I just read on my dear friend Liam's blog
(I can not believe he wrote this about me - I am so humbled by this.):
"She Inspires Me!
One of my dearest friends is the authoress of "Dancing on Colette's Grave". She is an amazing woman who has survived a great many things in her life to reach the point she is at now.
I have admired her strength, her intellect, her capacity for love, and her resolve since the moment I met her. The last couple years have been some incredibly trying times for her. She's had to endure things I wouldn't wish upon anyone. Yet, she's still here. She never gives up on finding her dreams, and for that she will remain my inspiration forever.
So I dedicate this entry to her, and wish her a happy upcoming birthday. The world is a more beautiful place for having her in it!"
This man has been in my life for a long time now and I've always thought of him as family - another little brother. He is the personification of everything anyone would wish for in a friend. I hope he realises just how much he means to me.
I don't much like my birthday...I never have. Over the years - I guess you learn to live with it - I am certainly not thrilled with looking at the wrong side of 50 (it looms before me). Most of my life I never worried about how old I was - this year for some reason it's changed a bit. It's just a tiny shift in my perception but it's huge for some reason. Perhaps it's only because of what I've been through and even though I am pretty introspective (most of the time) - I guess I thought I'd be somewhere else - living a different life by now.
That's not to say I am not 'thrilled' to be here - in the 'now time' of my existence. I am blessed in many ways (more than I could possibly count or mention on any given day), and I am lucky to have a chance to express myself, to love and to be loved. One of the greatest 'gifts' in my life are my family and my friends and nothing points this out more to me than the post I just read on my dear friend Liam's blog
(I can not believe he wrote this about me - I am so humbled by this.):
"She Inspires Me!
One of my dearest friends is the authoress of "Dancing on Colette's Grave". She is an amazing woman who has survived a great many things in her life to reach the point she is at now.
I have admired her strength, her intellect, her capacity for love, and her resolve since the moment I met her. The last couple years have been some incredibly trying times for her. She's had to endure things I wouldn't wish upon anyone. Yet, she's still here. She never gives up on finding her dreams, and for that she will remain my inspiration forever.
So I dedicate this entry to her, and wish her a happy upcoming birthday. The world is a more beautiful place for having her in it!"
This man has been in my life for a long time now and I've always thought of him as family - another little brother. He is the personification of everything anyone would wish for in a friend. I hope he realises just how much he means to me.
posted by Colette at 11:39 PM
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"The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts: and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible."
*~Montaigne
Here's wishing you a wonderful Birthday filled with many pleasant thoughts. I thank you for filling your good friends with them, as you do!
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