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I’ve determined to move on up — up out of the grumbling and complaining about the stuff that matters so little. Yes, I am moving on up in age — but really age is just a number. Yikes! Where did the years go?

First, thank you for all the kind and loving words and messages that I received yesterday. You encouraged me and made my birthday brighter and sweeter!\u00a0 \u00a0I\u2019m grateful to every one of you.

Now, let me share how important it is to be our own encouragers.\u00a0 That\u2019s the way I started yesterday \u2013 my birth-day!\u00a0 \u00a0Truth is I encouraged ME — so much so that I had balloons blown up and then I served up my homemade banana nut bread, plus a fruit tray and celebrated ME with my Mahjong group.
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You read that right! I gave myself my own birthday party! Why not? Why wait for someone else to give us a party? Why not celebrate ourselves?\u00a0 After all we are who we know the best! And it felt so good to GIVE to others. \u00a0God\u2019s Word says in Acts 20:35 \u201cIt is more blessed to give than to receive!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oh, speaking of celebrating — Carl had a big birthday chocolate cake made to share at our weekly house prayer and praise group \u2013 for me and Alison, who shared our birthdays together!\u00a0 How sweet it was \u2013 with friends who enjoyed it with us!\u00a0 That\u2019s what I call \u201cliving well\u201d!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speaking of \u201cliving well\u201d — here\u2019s my \u201cliving well\u201d list for my next lap around the sun:
\u2022 I will stop wasting time on the stupid stuff and focus on the giving and loving stuff!

\u2022 I will quit worrying so much. I am casting my cares on THE ONE Who can handle them for me!

\u2022 I will be kinder \u2013 to my friends, my neighbors, and my loved ones.\u00a0 Kindness is like boomerangs \u2014 that have a way of coming back.

\u2022 I will continue to increase my heart capacity.\u00a0 Life\u2019s too short not to open our hearts to love, welcome friendships, and fresh connections.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What I know after circling the sun for so many years \u2013 is forever here is shorter than it used to be. But that doesn\u2019t make life smaller \u2014 it makes it sweeter. Each day feels like a gift: health, laughter, family, and you.

So yes, I\u2019m moving on up to a life rooted in gratitude and joy. Jesus said in John 10:10: \u201cI have come that they may have life and have it to the full.\u201d

That\u2019s the kind of life I want to live, starting now.

Thanks for the birthday love. Here\u2019s to you and me living life to the full!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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