#18 - The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul

REFLECTIONS ON THIS AGING THING

I wake up wondering how life will change
on the morning I reach another age.
Will my steps be slower?
Will my mind slip and falter?

I’m in between milestones.
I find myself looking back
at the day I turned fifty.
The changes I feared never took place then,
and don’t appear to be taking place now.

But the pages of my life
turn a little faster than they used to do.
I feel a sudden urgency to
live these precious days to the fullest,
for fear of missing out on something special.

I am lucky.
I am blessed.
And I am moving forward
from the first day of my new year
to experience the joy this day brings
and for the thrill of the future yet to come.