59 and counting! Day 2

59 and counting-Day 2. Should I feel differently than I felt the day before my birthday? I guess I was waiting for something profound to hit me. Getting older is not the same as feeling older. I am still in my 50's, so technically, I am not "old", right? Over the hill, and on the way down the other side of the mountain, is more like it. There needs to be joy and happiness as I ride it down the other side. I am not afraid of getting older. What concerns me is am I using the time I have on this earth wisely? Am I making the world a better place, and giving of myself to help others? Shouldn't that be my priority?
 What do you think?
I see people beating themselves up everyday to get ahead, to have to the most in life-new home, great car, beautiful clothes and jewelry-possessions! Things! We fill our homes full of stuff-things, use them for awhile, and then sell them in a GARAGE SALE!! Go figure!
Two expressions come to mind right now. Expressions we say at times when we are frustrated or upset. Have you ever said,"What on earth are you doing?" or "For heaven's sake!" Well, put those two expressions together and see what you get.
"What on earth are you doing for heaven's sake?"
It totally changes the meaning doesn't it. So, my question to you today is, "what on earth are YOU doing for heaven's sake?" What are you doing to make the world a better place?
Do you look for ways to help others? Stretch out of your comfort zone to give of yourself. Maybe a phone call or email to an elderly friend or neighbor, a plate of freshly baked cookies to a sick friend, or a new neighbor. Community outreach program, a run/walk for a good cause? Reach, stretch, and grow beyond yourself. There should be joy in your journey everyday. Serving God by serving others. What on earth are you doing for heaven's sake?

There's always got to be a beginning, right?

This will be short for now. I am going to be 59 on July 23rd. 59! Now, you might think that would be freaking me out, but I am fine. Really! Just fine. I am not sure what I thought turning 59 would feel like, but as for me right now, it feels ok. I am in great health, well, good health. Could stand to lose weight and exercise, but that will come. It has in the past, and will again.
So, with that said, I thought I would like to blog my thoughts about making my way through my 59th year of life. The highs, lows, crazies, and the ever-present "internal bitch" that escapes occassionally and walks right next to me on a velvet leash, will all be revealed.
I will say it," I am a princess!" The youngest girl of older brothers. I was told all of my life that my mother had to wait until she was forty to finally get "her girl". I was not spoiled. Really, I wasn't. Just really made to feel special in everyway. Call it what you will, but I did not get everything I wanted. But, life has been easy for me. Maybe too easy, if that is possible.
Enough for now. Here's a question for you. If you had one thing in your life to do over, change, rearrange, would you? jb