@Ruth-Girl Grew A Year Older Today!

in #birthday6 years ago (edited)

Today is a special day for me! It's my birthday! The day that marks the end of a cycle and the beginning of a new one. A new 365-day round, a new level of experience to be gained. This is the last time I will blow out candles with number 2 being first. Next year I will be saying hello to my thirties. It feels kind of weird I must say.

But growing another year, the things I've learned, the mistakes I've made, the new journeys I went on... they all fit to build the puzzle of my life. People, places, things, situations... They are all here, they are all inside me, they have all managed to form me and make me who I am today. 

All I can say is this: I am thankful to be alive! I am thankful for all the people I have around me and love me, the roof over my head, the food on my plate, the shoes around my feet. I am thankful for lots and lots of things I usually take for granted. I consider myself among the lucky ones. 

That's all, I won't keep ranting. 


Image by @ruth-girl

And some poetic words for closure?

There she was in front of a door. She now had to leave this room. She wandered in there for a year. She wept, she laughed, she cursed, she loved. That's what kept happening 28 years now. On the first day she opened a door and got inside a room that she was allowed to explore for a whole year. On the other side of the room there was another door, an exit. On the last day of the year she had to go through that second door, get out of this room and move on to a new one, like a tenant with a one-year contract. And this loop kept going and going. The end? When was it going to come? She didn't know, she just kept closing and opening doors.

In the rooms where she wandered, she picked up a few things. The heavy loads she left behind, the things she couldn't keep. New people she met, old ones she said farewell to. Shared moments of happiness, but sadness was there too.

And now a door she is leaving behind. A new one stands to open wide. A new room now she is to enter. In dreams and fears she will surrender. She will explore and she will lead, she might lose, she might win. 

The doors she went through she is trying to count. Each and every one another round. A cycle that ends with every year, a new one starts just like a gear. In a machine that she is to drive until the end, the end of the ride...

Thank you so much for your time!

Until my next post,
Steem on and keep smiling, people!

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Congratulations!

Thank you!!!

Would you like a piece? I have friends with dyscalculia though, who put the numbers in the wrong order :P

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Are you sure they are friends????

Absolutely! Only real friends have dyscalculia and make mistakes like that ;)

happy birth day beautiful girl.

Thank you! :)

Happy birthday clever girl! I wish you a life of good health, prosperity, love and inner peace. You are a special person and I wish you all the very best, not only on your birthday, but always!
Lots of love to you from Portugal!! :*

Thank you so much Abigail! I can always feel the warmth and positive energy in your words!

❤️ Lots of kisses from spring Greece and love back to you ❣️

A birthday is a mega moment; each holding a promise of the fulfilment of your special desires; and the accomplishment of your defined purpose.
Happy birthday from Sammy! Have a blast ma'am.

Ooooh! You even made a special cake for me @samminator! Thank you so much! For the meaningful words and the lovely dessert. I wish I could send you a piece of the one we had tonight ;)

Lol. It's an honour :)
Enjoy your day.
Be good, ma'am

THANK YOU for the birthday present! It came as a surprise! :D

Lol. You're welcome ma'am :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to you!

here's a poem for you:

The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,

and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you

all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,

the photographs, the desperate notes,
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.

Derek Walcott

Thank you so much Erika!!

I need to read this a couple more times to really appreciate the meanings of those words.

Lots of love! 😘😘

Kisses for you, too!

You are very welcome. It's a really deep poem. I really liked it and it hit me when I read it.

Happy 29 then! And for a reason you ignore, I will not forget your birthdate :p

Thank you! :D

I won't ask to know the reason, the final outcome will do :P

maybe maybe ^^

Once again, HBD!

Have the happiest of days and happiest of birthdays! I hope you do something just for you.

And don't forget as you enter each new "year room" and see the door, as you walk to it, be sure to take a break and look out the windows and have a hot cuppa along the way. It's the journey not the destination, right? ;)

Happy Birthday!

What lovely words! Thank you so much for this!

As you say it, it is always the destination (even if you don't know what your destination may be), this journey you cannot avoid.Always take some time to evaluate and appreciate the moments that will not come back, but have carved you up like a sculptor to make you who you are now.

Thank you! 😘😘

Happy birthday!!! @ruth-girl. Hope you had loads of fun today? What about my own share of the cake? Lol.. I am wishing you all you dream and desire. Congratulations.

Thank you!!! I enjoyed the surprise cake! It was fun!

As for your share, well.. let's just say that trumpman ate yours because we couldn't mail it over to you :P

Lol.. It's alright, do have a nice day.

Wishing you the happiest birthday! Oups... 15 minutes late, so I hope it was wonderful then. And you got some really nice presents 😇

All the very best for your future, may you always find the right doors!

Well, considering time zone differences you're still on time ;)
It was fun today, no work and a surprise cake at night, what else could I ask for?

Thank you for this beautiful wish! 😍😍


Happy birthday...always happy and full of vitality and health!!!

Thank you! Thank you!

Ευχαριστώ πολύ! :D

I have a feeling all day that I forgot something important. Perhaps your today's post is the key to this issue.
I congratulate you on your birthday, I wish you health! Everything else will buy you @trumpman ;)
Be happy, @ruth-girl!
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Ooh! Thank you very much for the wishes and the beautiful flowers! I wish health and love, lots of love to you and your family as well!

Hahahahaha, I laughed hard that part: "Everything else will buy you @trumpman ;)"

We have such a funny saying:
Every woman wants to hear these words:
"I love you ... I'll buy for you ... we'll go with you ..."

Ahahaha! We have this joke in Greece too. In fact, I believe it is international :P

I was probably not entirely correct with the translation of "national folklore" )))
Therefore, it would be more correct here: "@trumpman will buy for you everything else ;)"

Don't worry, I understood exactly what you meant and it was very funny! ;)

I was probably not entirely correct with the translation of "national folklore" )))
Therefore, it would be more correct here: "@trumpman will buy for you everything else ;)"

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