It’s my 50th birthday today. Landmark birthdays, those with a zero at the end, get lots of attention. But nothing really changes.
I see it like this:
- If you’re just a penny away from being a billionaire, and then you earn that final penny, nothing really changes. You were pretty-much a billionaire already. You may feel different now you have that extra penny, but you’re just a penny richer than the day before. That’s all.
- A landmark birthday works the same way. You may feel different now you’ve reached a landmark birthday, but you’re just a day older than yesterday. That’s all.
Counting what matters
Maybe rather than focusing on how many years we’ve been alive, we should focus on how many times we’ve been alive. I mean REALLY alive.
I believe that a life worth living isn’t measured by how many breaths we take — It’s measured by the moments that take our breath away.
So here’s to the rest of our journey!