Like a fine wine.....


I've always heard that as you get older, you get wiser, or better, or some such other phrase that's suppose to ease the thought that your life is slipping away.
But in some cases, it's true.

I'd like to think that I'm more wise than I was 20 years ago.
At 21, I was just beginning to explore facets of my being. I was having my first real drinks, losing my virginity--finally, getting my degree to start my career, meeting and becoming friends with people whose lifestyles were very different from any I'd ever seen or experienced before. I was changing so quickly...even to the point of becoming blonde! lol

There were so many things I was trying and doing...nothing I'm necessarily ashamed of, or anything illegal, mind you...I don't have all the wild stories to share that some do, but yes, I was growing and changing, and finding out some of the things that were important to me.

And in those following 20 years, leading up to the point in my life in which I find myself now, there have been lessons learned, mistakes made, friendships made and lost, love has come and gone, and come again....and I find myself looking back and thinking...would I do it all over again?

Not on your life!

Don't get me wrong...I have many MANY wonderful memories of those days...high school and college, and newlywed life....
there were so many great times with friends,and adventures taken...

but to have to go through that growing time all over again....
no thank you.

I may not have landed at the destination to which I first set my course...and it may not have always been smooth sailing along the way...but I've anchored myself in a pretty good place.
I finally feel that I am fulfilling more of my calling than ever before.

The two-story house, white picket fence, 2.2 kids and a dog on Wisteria Lane may not have been in the cards for me...but the life I have, and the family I share it with, and the friends who are there to live, love, and laugh with, are all pretty dang perfect for me.

Life may,indeed, get better than this, for some...but it suits me just fine.

(oh...and all this revelation came about after seeing the closing scene from the "Sex & the City" movie again...seeing those friends, in their "prime", as compared to the 20-somethings with so much unknown still out there awaiting them.

Being settled does not mean missing out on anything.
There is a time for comfortable.
And the time is now.

Comments

Susan said…
Amen to THAT, Sister! I wouldn't go back and do it all over again either.

As for your comment asking if we're getting old. YES!!! And I'm glad for it.

Good entry. I might have to check out Sex in the City sometime. Everyone seems to love it. I've only watched one episode of it. It was something about shoes.
November 24, 2008 at 10:45 AM
dragonflies on lamp posts said…
I wouldn't go back either, if I did I may not have my boys and they are the world to me.

SITC was excellent, I haven't watched it again since I bought it - but its been on my mind. Maybe soon.
November 24, 2008 at 7:38 PM
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