05-14-2009, 09:15 PM
This is not just another birthday for me; it's a milestone because I am one of the original Baby Boomers (geez I really HATE that term), and I now qualify for Social Security.
Lots of thoughts and memories going through my head but let it suffice to say that I had no choice as to the year I was born into. Likewise, I wasn't given a choice as to my parentage, race, religion, poverty, wealth, intelligence, or health. Whether there's a valid reason for these gross inequities among humans, I don't know. In fact, all I do know is that I am here to play out the single hand that life has dealt to me. We are the end result of a power that created all forms of life, and while I for one am not sure where or what that source of power is, I'm very glad I'm here; and I'm sorry that I can't continue to be here for another hundred years or forever long as I can care for my own maintenance.
Lots of thoughts and memories going through my head but let it suffice to say that I had no choice as to the year I was born into. Likewise, I wasn't given a choice as to my parentage, race, religion, poverty, wealth, intelligence, or health. Whether there's a valid reason for these gross inequities among humans, I don't know. In fact, all I do know is that I am here to play out the single hand that life has dealt to me. We are the end result of a power that created all forms of life, and while I for one am not sure where or what that source of power is, I'm very glad I'm here; and I'm sorry that I can't continue to be here for another hundred years or forever long as I can care for my own maintenance.