There’s no gift like the present

Getting older used to bother me. But then one day I had a revelation.

Namely, that today I am the youngest I will ever be. And that will also be true tomorrow, and the next day, and every the day after that, for the rest of my life.

Perhaps one day, when I am older, I will look back upon today. And I will marvel at how youthful I was.

2 thoughts on “There’s no gift like the present”

  1. A guy who met you 20 years ago at a virtual storytelling conference and clumsily interrupted your preparation time just before your presentation says:

    As Simon and Garfunkel said: “I am older than I once was, and younger than I’ll be.”

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