I got you beat by a decade and one year. I am 62. But only feel like I am in my twenties.
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> On Jul 30, 2016, at 15:55, Sharon Hooley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I remember sending this to you last year, when I turned 50. Now, this past Monday the 25th, I turned a year older, but for the sake of keeping the number rounded as a decade, I'm going to leave it as it is. I hope I've just started a tradition to send this every year now, as I'm sure it is something we should always keep fresh in our hearts.
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> Yep, I'm 50. It's kind of hard to believe this! I've been rubbing it into myself over and over, but I'm realizing more clearly that I'm still a largely under-adult girl, still liking to play around. I hope I never grow up completely. I'm not saying that it's okay for me to just play around, be lazy or irresponsible my whole life. I know that I need to not take my free finances that makes it possible for me to live in a family-type home for granted, and automatically expect to get free meals. I have to remind myself that most things cost money, which, were it not for a supportive family and government funding, I'd either have to find any good job and work hard, or be homeless. But in the middle of all the productive activity I must do, I want to become more and more child-like in faith in God, who is The faithful Creator; to be like a child who understands more and more that there's nothing for me to worry about if I but only communicate with Him through His written and personal Word and prayer with focus on who He is, trust Him, and obey when I'm given instructions. This is my picture of a child, who loves and trusts her mama and daddy. She is carefree, and playful when she's not doing her chores, and does not worry about the bills, taxes, if, when or where the next paycheck will come. Perhaps as a very young child, she might not even be anxious about whether or not she will get her next meal, confident that they'll always be faithful. So that's how I want to become, like a trusting, teachable, responsible little girl.
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