“What a gift, on my birthday, to inherit 27 years of meeting the person I am.” I love this!!! On Nov 2, I inherited 57 years of meeting the person I am, and after 57 years I am still getting to know me. Time is a funny thing 😊
People are often afraid of growing up and I have to tell you the more expansive my mind and my world get I’ve never enjoyed life more than in my mid-forties (plus it’s not as stressful as when you’re younger - I’m no longer looking for everyone to know my name - quite the opposite! Quality vs quantity is very true! 💜♾️
This is EXACTLY what stuck me in a moving and very considered piece. It was my birthday the day before yesterday and I find it fascinating - I am full of delight and excitement - that she’s found out this truth so young. It did not occur to me that meeting myself was the most important gift I could possibly give myself until well after the age of 27. Having just turned 46 and etching closer to 50 now than 40, I am well aware of this now and deeply grateful for the maturity and knowledge that comes with it. Oh and delight & excitement. 💜♾️
Such powerful insights to carry for a lifetime! And only 27?! And your reflections on darkness (let’s not forget we meet ourselves there too) are also wise beyond your years—“darkness lets us see the light.” You are proving time to be an infinitely faced gem.
This spoke to me so personally. I’m also fascinated by shadows and favor fall light. The pizza clock is all we need to tell time. So beautifully expressed. I’m savoring this to read again and again.
“What a gift, on my birthday, to inherit 27 years of meeting the person I am.” I love this!!! On Nov 2, I inherited 57 years of meeting the person I am, and after 57 years I am still getting to know me. Time is a funny thing 😊
That is so beautiful, makes me so excited to keep growing up <3
People are often afraid of growing up and I have to tell you the more expansive my mind and my world get I’ve never enjoyed life more than in my mid-forties (plus it’s not as stressful as when you’re younger - I’m no longer looking for everyone to know my name - quite the opposite! Quality vs quantity is very true! 💜♾️
This is EXACTLY what stuck me in a moving and very considered piece. It was my birthday the day before yesterday and I find it fascinating - I am full of delight and excitement - that she’s found out this truth so young. It did not occur to me that meeting myself was the most important gift I could possibly give myself until well after the age of 27. Having just turned 46 and etching closer to 50 now than 40, I am well aware of this now and deeply grateful for the maturity and knowledge that comes with it. Oh and delight & excitement. 💜♾️
Happy birthday!!! I'm so glad this resonates, and that you've found this truth also. Being yourself is awesome
"Everything Is A Clock" reminds me of the Clock people in Tom Robbins' book, "Even Cowgirls Get The Blues".
Huge compliment, I LOVE Tom Robbins
Wow! Just wow!
I'm 70 and I am still meeting me. I hope that is a life time process. Wonderful article.
Wow this literally made me cry. So beautiful tala.
You have opened up your life so well in this written word; now please find someone with whom you can open up in person.
Beautiful. Your words made sense of my heart. And, tears of joy are a special breed. 27 years wise. Keep writing. You have a gift.
Your Pizza Clock would have met its fate in my tummy, had i been witness to it in realtime. Ask not for whom the Pizza Clock tolls: it tolls for me.
Such powerful insights to carry for a lifetime! And only 27?! And your reflections on darkness (let’s not forget we meet ourselves there too) are also wise beyond your years—“darkness lets us see the light.” You are proving time to be an infinitely faced gem.
laughing lines through all the tears
This gives me so much joy!
Beautifully written and so simply observed.
This spoke to me so personally. I’m also fascinated by shadows and favor fall light. The pizza clock is all we need to tell time. So beautifully expressed. I’m savoring this to read again and again.
Yum. A perspective that is here now of watching , being, miraculously in love . Time today might be my friend because of you and this “essay”
Thank you for this.
I could feel myself in your ideas and experiences here in this writing. A sense of calm and knowing that life can be easy sometimes. Thank you