I.......am.......23.
As I sit inside the library preparing for my finals (as I usually do during my birthday), I can't help but think about my past and my future. It has been an incredible 22 years and for my 23rd, I know that God has great plans in store for me. I mean within this 23rd year of my life, I will be moving to France, something that 16 year old me would have thought was an impossible dream. But it's going to happen and I'm actually doing it!
It's funny becasue when I tell people I'm turning 23, they all say "aww, you're getting old now Ugomma". Oh please 23, old, give me a break. I refuse to call myself old and I don't plan on using such a term until I actually am old, like full gray hair, wrinkles, you name it. So no, I am NOT old, but I do feel older, I feel more mature, a bit wiser and yet I feel a sense of "the best is yet to come", and to be honest I like it. I don't want to be one those "Oh I wish I was 18" type of people becasue the past is in the past and all I can do is move forward. And besides, with all the chaos that occurs everyday in our world, the fact that I am alive and 23 years old is a blessing that I do not want to tarnish by wishing I was younger.
so......Joyeux Anniversiare a moi!!
Happy belated birthday. Wish you the best.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much Udara!
ReplyDeleteHappy Belated Birthday! Love your approach to age... honestly, I am much happier now than I was when I was 18. I want to think about life as a fine wine -- just gets better with more time.
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