Birthdays and Unbirthdays

This past Friday was Alan's 75th birthday (happy birthday, Alan!), so we had a photoshoot with his kids and grandkids who flew in from all over the country! ❤️

This had me thinking of some of my favorite contemplative quotes about birthdays that I have to share with you, and that made me ponder about the oddest thing: a scene from Alice in Wonderland. You read that right. So stay to the end, my friends, to see what brain-turned-to-jello sounds like from blogging after 2:30am. (This is the only quiet time to write because my kids are home during the Summer! If you know my kids, you'd understand. wink wink)

"Wrinkles will only go where the smiles have been." ~Jimmy Buffet

"Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional!" ~Walt Disney

"You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." ~C.S. Lewis

"Count your age by FRIENDS, not years. Count your life by SMILES, not tears."

~John Lennon

"We don't stop playing because we grow old. We grow old because we stop playing." ~unknown

"Getting older is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wake up every morning rejoicing that I'm still here with an opportunity to begin again and be better." ~Oprah

"One day you will look back and see that all along you were blooming."

~Morgan Harper Nichols

"It matters not how long we live, but how." ~Philip James Bailey

In the storybook, Alice in Wonderland, author Lewis Carroll writes during the Mad Hatter scene about celebrating your UNbirthday because that occurs 364 days of the year since your birthday occurs only 1 day of the year....

I say we adopt that concept!

So each day, have a laugh. Call a friend. Set a goal. Conquer a quest. Give thanks. Smile. Drive with the windows down.  Turn up the music. Enjoy the sun. Watch a squirrel.

Today is your UNbirthday. It is special. Nourish your body and pamper your soul.

And when it is your birthday, be like Alan and celebrate that too. 🙂