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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto taken by Anne in Borono, Italy, a couple years back. But things haven’t changed much. Since then we’ve also been to France, Egypt and lately Holland and Spain . . . with much world yet to see.<\/h6>\n
Seventy-five years old today! I don’t know if it’s to brag about or to grieve. As somebody said, \u201cEverybody wants to live long but nobody wants to get old. \u201cOld? What’s that?\u201d Old people are of another race.<\/p>\n
At least that’s how we often see them. Daughter Allison once quipped, when she was a child, \u201cYou know what? When you grow up you’re the same person.\u201d Very insightful.<\/p>\n
The fact is, it’s true and it’s not true. As we grow we change, we mature, we add experiences to our history, learning to our perspective. So, we are the same person, and we’re not the same person, both.<\/p>\n
I’m thinking at 75 I’m entering the last quarter of my life. At least that’s optimistic. If it’s like my first quarter, there may be a number of years I’ll have very little memory of.<\/p>\n
I hope there’s health ahead. But there’s no fear: The destination is God.<\/p>\n
For the occasion I gave a talk at our church last weekend. I knew that audience would be understanding of the real issues, like the born again reality that Jesus brought up and mandated as prerequisite for life ever on. That was a decision I made back when I was 27, my life falling apart as result of my successes, and me needed answers. It was during an extended trip, traveling in Mexico, and reading. I crossed the border as one person and came out another. Born again. The same person, and not the same person.<\/p>\n
Here’s a chart I recently made during an early morning reflection.\u00a0 With spokes radiating from the center decision it shows how everything’s been affected since. In a very real sense I’m not celebrating my 75 years, but 48 since my new life began . . . the life that is truly life.*<\/p>\n