This is 40: A safari of humor, humility and humanity

Every once in a while I like to take a moment and write from a place of humor and humility.  So in today’s post, rather than waxing prophetic, poetic or prosaic, I thought I’d take you enjoy a glimpse into my humorous self discovery. Here are 40 hilarious & human observations about rounding the bend and why I’m embracing life with all of it’s cruel jokes, humor and beauty.

1. I can no longer sit OR stand for two long, I’ve become a hovering nomad
2. I still get to enjoy the occasional zit AND count the burgeoning crows feet
3. I never thought the words “stool softener” would be part of my vernacular
4. At 35 I woke up and my pert round butt was were my flat abs used to be and my flat abs were in back, I’ve since begun to turn them back around
5. I get more comfortable in my skin each and everyday
6. I don’t care how crazy people think I am, in fact the further from “normal” I appear the better
7. I know who my friends are
8. Almost everything makes me laugh, and if it doesn’t I can find humor in it tout de suite
9. I get cold at 70 degrees and hot at 70 degrees depending on the day or hour
10. I truly enjoy cooking and baking every Sunday, and making enough for 10 people should anyone ever stop by hungry
11. I love to play Scrabble on Friday nights with my 70 year old neighbor, she’s like a second grandma to me but also a true friend
12. I was never supposed to be here this long, and for that I’m grateful each and every day
13. I have the ability to be in a complete panic and yet remain calm & strong enough to move forward
14. The little things that set me off can be the same little things that I find funny 30 second later
15. I no longer to succumb to peer pressure about anything, in fact, I find myself digging my heels in to resist if said pressure is attempted
16. I don’t have to make excuses to go to bed early, I’m 40
17. I’ve not only accepted my own quirks, I admire them fondly and wear them proudly
18. I drink hot tea all the time
19. I now order my meals at restaurants like Meg Ryan in ‘When Harry Met Sally’
20. A night of dancing at the ‘club’ now feels like running a marathon in cement shoes.  There should be drink stands and free chair massages.
21. No matter what, I cry when I see someone else cry
22. I love my dogs like other people love their children
23. I now understand what my mother meant when she would say the phrase, “You just wait. You’ll see…”
24. My heart breaks when I see suffering and wells up when I see random acts of kindness
25. My first 20 or so years as an independent adult, I accumulated.  Now, I try to lessen
26. Parts that I didn’t know I had just hurt for no reason sometimes
27. Some days I feel like an 85 year old teenager
28. I can literally sit outside for hours doing nothing
29. Gardening shuts off my brain
30. Some days my mind is completely still and others in never shuts up
31. I read food ingredient and nutrition panels like I’m studying for the SAT
32. I realize that I’ve been masquerading as an extroverted introvert for much of my life
33. I still learn something new everyday, and I’m wondering if it’s because I used to know it but have since forgotten
34. No matter how old I get I will never be able to remove a dead rodent from my own home
35. I buy my shoes and clothes for comfort over style, but hope I have both
36. Life just isn’t that serious
37. ‘Sleeping in’ on the weekends is 7:30 or 8:00
38. No matter what time I sent my alarm for, my body wants to get up a half hour later
39. I still need to learn to apologize less and forgive myself more
40. Laughter really is the best medicine, and I’m a great subject. Nobody laughs at me harder than me

What have you learned about yourself in your hears on this planet?

Namaste.

– Your Charmed Yogi

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