- Forty-one doesn’t actually feel as old as it sounded when at 21.
- After 40 you start to realize every person does not have the capacity to become who you hoped they would. They are probably doing their best. Let it go, Elsa.
- Forty-one is young enough to still exercise but old enough to realize that doesn’t have to be marathons and spinning classes.
- William Blake said life is learning to bear life’s beams of love. Maturity is coming. I can look at beams of genuine love without turning away so quickly.
- Forty-one means having the financial security to redo the kitchen, buy the overpriced purse, and move to the bigger house…and the deep contentment to know it’s not what I need.
- This month, when life sort-of unraveled, I didn’t totally meltdown. I failed better. Failing better might be all we can hope for this side of heaven.
- Forty-one means understanding the most important life lesson I can teach my kids is this: you are not the Holy Spirit and cannot really transform anyone’s heart. This is good news! You don’t have to live as the flight attendant to the universe.
- Forty-one is old enough to have loyal friends I truly love and young enough to look forward to the next 40 years together.
- Forty-one is old enough to see families grow and change and launch. You get to see how they turn out. Forty-one is old enough for parents to realize the wisdom you really do reap what you sow. Unless you don’t. Then you pray.
- Forty-one is the right age to realize what God has been trying to teach all along. Marriage is not designed to make us happier, but to make us holier. It’s much more about service and sacrifice than I ever realized. And it is the single best part of my life.
Happy Birthday Tina, Agree with everything, except #10, marriage to you makes me happier:)
Happy birthday my precious friend!! You are so worth celebrating!! Thank you for opening your heart to me and my family. You are a powerful prayer warrior, tender-hearted and so giving. I get so excited every time we are able to get together, love hashing out life with you and super love how similar we are!!!! Also laughing at inappropriate things is a favorite!
Happy day my girl