ANOTHER MILESTONE

Less than a week from now another milestone will be added to my blissful and fruitful life. As it comes every year, I welcome it whole heartily. Anyway, aside from being inevitable, it makes me feel more learned and wiser ( at least that's how I feel ). Age per se , doesn't make a person becomes clever and sensible. I guess, experiences do. But then, I also believe that experiences ( especially those unhappy ones) may either make or break you. And I think, Faith, plays a huge role to it. I had also a fair share of the not so good experiences. But then I used them to my advantage in facing the challenges of my existence, and the like of giving me strength and courage of the incoming battles that comes my way till the end.

Most women hide their age. When they reach 30 they stop to divulge their age. Anyway, it's their privilege to keep it a secret. In my case, I've never been conscious about it, especially to my friends and acquaintances, except of course to those who are strangers and don't have good intention. For me, it is one thing you should be proud of. When I look at myself in the mirror and start noticing those lines at the corner of my eyes ( though they are not so significant, thank you dalfour cream ), I don't consider them as signs of ageing but instead those are evidences of my being more reasonable and understanding. Reasonable in the sense, that you are aware that life isn't a " bed of roses", though you totally comprehend why it is so, and understanding why sometimes life is not as perfect as we want it to be, even though how much we give our very best to achieve it. For me, another milestone is a grace from God for it means you are given a chance to improve yourself as a person, to undone the bad things we've done, to catch up the times that we took for granted and much more to be with our loved ones for a longer time. Another year means, a gift, such a wonderful gift, that's why I thank God for this blessing, of giving me another year, so to continue the things that I want to do, to carry on my tasks like serving my loved ones and to continue to enjoy life to the fullest as long as I am aware of my limitations as a person and as God's creation.