For the last couple of years, this has been the time of year when when I take a brief hiatus from Facebook. I have decided not to do that this year because I think it might communicate that I am avoiding messages about my birthday (It seems the omniscient Facebook has determined that everyone wants to be informed of my birthday, and I have no doubt that a few of my family and friends would choose to make comments about "60" ). I still prefer to be on the giving end of messages on this occasion rather than on the recieving end. So, in advance, thank you family and friends for any thoughts and wishes you may have for me. In addition, please accept my message for you:
I have shared in the past, my belief that: Age is a matter of the Mind, Beauty is of the Heart, Love is of the Soul. To that I will add this year that: Joy is of the Life filled with family and friends. I won't pretend that my life is perfect. I have my share of stress, health issues, concerns for others, and awareness for the hardships and sufferings in the lives of my friends, community, and the world. However, I also know how blessed I am. I am filled with joy. May you experience the moments, the beauty, the love, and the joy that I have been blessed with. Some of you know of my love of reading and my enjoyment of the works of Tolkien, so I invite you to consider some words of his and share with me in approaching the days and years to come with anticipation and excitement: Still round the corner there may wait A new road or a secret gate, And though I oft have passed them by, A day will come at last when I Shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.
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AuthorJoel Kreger is a writer who grew up in Minnesota, spent many years of his life in Iowa and Wisconsin, and now lives in Minnesota. His life experience includes careers of serving 17 years as a Lutheran parish pastor, working 18 years as a public school teacher, and now writing as a novelist and blogger. Archives
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