40-something else

Today is my birthday. I turn 40-something else. For the past several birthday's I've been turning 40-something else. But this is the birthday where I can honestly say, or perhaps most importantly feel, like I am "born again."

I love the music of John Denver, and today the lyrics for the opening verse to his beautiful "Rocky Mountain High" are going through my mind ...

"He was born in the summer of his 27th year

Coming home to a place he'd never been before.

He left yesterday behind him,

You might say he was born again.

You might say he found a key to ev'ry door."

This is how I feel today.

Okay, I'm not looking at the Rockies (though like Denver my spirit soars there), and I'm definitely not 27, but I'm feeling somehow like today is my born-again birthday; like this is where my life really begins for me. I can leave yesterday behind; the keys to every door are mine for the turning.

It's taken a lot of work; a lot of heartache; a lot of willpower during the past few years to get to this point. I am excited for my future in a way I have never been able to feel before, and I have a lot of great people in my life who have supported, and continue to support, me on this journey. Of course, there is still work to be done, but I am feeling optimistic about it. There is light at the end of of the proverbial birthing channel.

All my yesterdays have built up to this moment. It's time to unwrap the present as life begins at 40-something else ...

Happy Birth Day to me! :-)