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Growing old is mandatory, growing up is optional. ~Chili Davis
Hey guess what? I'm turning 40 in a few days. Turning 40 is an age I’m not particularly excited about nor am I ashamed to admit either.
In other words, I’m not sweating it, much to everyone’s dismay.
Everyone has been tactfully asking me how I feel about hitting the (gasp) big 4-0.
“Fine thanks” is how I answer them.
And then they give me that little smile, an affectionate arm squeeze and quietly walk away, tsk tsking.
It just seems to be such a big deal to the people around me.
On the other hand, I have times where when I tell someone how old I’m going to be they act shocked "You're gonna be 40? Really? I never would have guessed!" which is incredibly good for my ego I have to say. But then they follow up with asking how I’m handling it.
“Fine thanks...oh you know the rest!
When I was a kid, “40 years old” sounded ancient.
Then again, so did 30.
I still feel young. I don’t feel older today than I did a week ago. Except I have been noticing some tell-tale signs of aging. Like there’s a little more “salt” in the “pepper” in my hair if you catch my drift. You know, those pesky gray hairs that suddenly appear (just a few-but still!) and the small little wrinkles (once again just a few- but still!) all in perspective.
“You're not 40, you're eighteen with 22 years experience.”~ Author Unknown
Okay so let’s see now:
1.) I have to dye my hair more often now, those gray hairs (just a few-but still!)kick in every 4-6 weeks and I can’t hide it for long.
2.)The once fine wrinkles that I jokingly referred to as laugh lines on my face are now deep set. I guess you can say my face is now developing “character”.
3. I can't sit on the floor “criss-cross applesauce” (sorry I’m a teacher) for very long without my leg starting to ache.
That’s not so bad, right? 40 isn’t hard to swallow.
Hey...where you going? (tsk tsking)
“Forty isn’t old, if you’re a tree.” ~ Anonymous
I fully expected to have some deep, philosophical thoughts to write about the life I’ve lived so far, but guess what? I racked my brain thinking of some gem of wisdom and....well...I’ve got nothing! I can’t think of any, no matter how hard I try, maybe that’s what happens when you get old.
People say that 40 is the new 30, but I’m pretty okay with plain old 40, too. Really I am!
And now, for a random fact about being 40: Oak Trees don’t start producing acorns until they’re between the ages of 20 and 50. By the time they’re 70, they’re producing thousands of them. And they can live up to 200 years or more.
Hmm, maybe I’ll be an oak tree in my next life.
”I am a day older than yesterday, but not as old as I will be tomorrow.” |
Posted by oxyjen on Mar 15, 2011
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