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On Being 47

On Being 47

It must be a dream, right? How could that possibly be my age? 

My heart beats faster just thinking about it. What does that mean? Why does my heart race at the idea that I’m nearing 50? That I’ve been on the planet for nearly 50 years?!? Okay, now it’s beating really fast.

What’s different today? I’m one day older than I was yesterday. The other thing that is different is that I believe I am actually wiser.  I’ve been really striving to be more conscious in life, to really savour my choices and be discerning about how I spend my time.  Sometimes that’s hard, because I want to be in lots of places with lots of people and yet I know the dangers of spreading myself too thin.