It's My Birthday and My Party...

02/09/2010

Happy Birthday to me!  Happy Birthday to me!  Happy Birthday dear Hell of a Guy!  Happy Birthday to me!

Today is for sure my birthday.  I am 66 today, and will begin my third year as an official, sanctioned, senior citizen.  It is an irrefutable fact I am old in every way, shape and form according to conventional wisdom, and it cannot be disputed…accept, I do not feel it in my heart.

Aging is controlled by attitude.  I have aches and pains.  I cannot touch my toes any longer without difficulty.  I cannot throw a ball as far as I once did.  My eyes won’t stay open much past 10pm.  My bowels and some other parts don’t work as well as they used to, but my heart does just fine.

My heart tells me I am still a teenager; a young man in my twenties and thirties; a kid ready to take on the world; to be a man; to be a dad and a grandfather; to be a good husband and a great neighbor, and a guy who wants to make a difference in another’s life.

I have much work to do before I give up the ghost.  Believe it or not, I have not told everyone I love just how much I love them.  This is important work.  If you are among the six billion I have not told, accept this as a fact: I love you!!!

I am happy to just “be.” Dam, if it ain’t the truth: This is going to be The Best Day Ever.

And that is all I have to say about that…