Turning 50

 
"Banish care, it's not time for it now- on with the dance,  
 let joy be unconfined is my motto." Mark Twain

  

Today I turn 50 and I know that this will be the best year so far of my life- I am choosing joy and quirky and to live a shalom (nothing broken, nothing missing, perfect peace) style life. With age comes the knowledge that what other people think of you really does not matter as long as you think about yourself (who you really are, what makes you feel alive- both the good and the bad, whether you are willing to live up to the standards you set for yourself) and you are living in a way that makes you both fulfilled and full up authentic to your joy.

 

Here is to unconfined joy- on with the dance! 

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when.

You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.”

                                  Joan Baez