Beauty of Life with Jo: 45th

Friday, August 5, 2016

45th

Today I turned 45. Goodness...half way to the big 5 0. Ya ya ya age is just a number. Nothing to fret. But I do wonder. What have I done in the past 45 years? Is it enough? Could I have done more? Am I contented? Is there still more ground to cover? Have I marked off my bucket list?

I am happy. Always have and always will be a "happy fruit."

I have wondered. My answer is not enough. I can still do more. As long as I am still breathing and willing, I want to keep on growing fat and round! I want to be bursting with knowledge. I want to be fat with learning. I want to be obese with dreams and goals and wishes and hopes.

I am contented with life. A simple one always works for me. I am grateful for a roof over my head, my Proton, and glorious food within my reach.....and oh, the eternity of shoes that I can own!

I have sacrificed a lot. Who has not? Every second was worth it. Especially now, when I see the seeds that I have sown budding healthily and with much confidence. Not in a million years will I change anything in the past. For what I am today, I owe it to yesterdays.

I still have a long way more to go and am not aiming at 50. I am aiming at the stars over the milky way. For my dreams and goals and wishes and hopes are all there. I will reach every one of it. In time. In determination. In faith. In love.

A big shout-out to my Facebook friends whose good wishes came rolling in since the day before my birthday. People have been interrogating me as to how is it possible to have friends whom I have never met, for years! I don't have the answer but I guess I am lucky to have met so many good and kind people over the Internet. Friendships just bloomed. We stayed together through seasons and never broke up. I firmly believe I have the best bunch of Facebook friends throughout the world.

Today was a happy day for me at work. If Dad and Mom were here with me, it would be a perfect day. But they are with me in spirit; they live right in the core of my heart.

At work, colleagues were with me in celebrating my birthday with a luscious chocolate cake that was fit for a king. The presence of my bosses meant a great deal to me. It was good to see all relaxed and just being together for a meal and a song. People say a picture says a thousand words. My photos for today tell it all.